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PEOPLE v. WALKER

No. 3-84-0551.

136 Ill. App.3d 177 (1985)

483 N.E.2d 301

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JAMES WALKER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed August 27, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph C. Polito, of Kozlowski, Polito & Feeley, of Joliet, for appellant.

Edward F. Petka, State's Attorney, of Joliet (John X. Breslin and Gary F. Gnidovec, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE BARRY delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, James Walker, appeals from his conviction for the felony murder of a cab driver and his sentence of life imprisonment.

According to the evidence adduced at defendant's jury trial, he and Xavier D. Williams were together about 5 or 6 p.m. on the evening of March 16, 1984, an both men were without funds. They decided to call a cab and rob the cab driver. Walker decided that...

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