PEOPLE v. GROVES

No. 1-95-4074.

691 N.E.2d 86 (1998)

294 Ill. App.3d 570

229 Ill.Dec. 150

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dewayne GROVES, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

February 4, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago (John S. Young, Mundelein, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, States Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, James E. Fitzgerald, and Julie Line Bailey, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.


Justice CAHILL delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury trial defendant, Dewayne Groves, was found guilty of attempted first degree murder, armed violence, aggravated battery, and aggravated battery of a child. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison. Defendant appeals. We affirm.

At trial, Michael Watson and John Wade testified for the State about the events that led up to a shooting on June 4, 1995. About a half hour before the shooting, Watson was...

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