People v. Payne

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County Stanley Payne was found guilty of three counts of aggravated battery and one count of armed violence in connection with the shooting of Frederick Perry. He was sentenced to concurrent terms of five years on the aggravated-battery counts and 20 years on the armed-violence charge.

In a Rule 23 order (87 Ill. 2d R. 23) the appellate court held the evidence sufficient to establish defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. (106 Ill. App. 3d 1154.) In a separate opinion (People v. Payne (1982), 106 Ill. App. 3d 1034), however, the court…