People v. Tucker

David Tucker was found guilty by a jury in Lake County of one count of armed robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 18 — 2(a)), and two counts of attempt murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 8 — 4(a)). The court sentenced him to 25 years imprisonment for armed robbery and two concurrent terms of 30 years imprisonment for the attempt murder convictions, to be served consecutively and resulting in a term of confinement of 55 years.

The State Appellate Defender raises two issues on appeal and the defendant raises additional issues in his pro se briefs. The first question raised is…