People v. Sullivan

State: Illinois

Court: 4th District Appellate

Docket No: 4-10-0005 Official Reports

Case Date: 09/21/2011

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People v. Sullivan, 2011 IL App (4th) 100005

Appellate Court Caption

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ANTONIO S. SULLIVAN, Defendant-Appellant.

District & No.

Fourth District Docket No. 4-10-0005 July 12, 2011 September 21, 2011 October 18, 2011 Defendant's conviction for aggravated robbery following a jury trial was affirmed on appeal, notwithstanding defendant's contention that the jury was biased based on a letter written to the court by a juror following the trial alleging irregularities in the deliberations and asking the court to set aside the verdict, since the trial court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to consider the allegations in the letter.

Argued Filed Rehearing denied Held
(Note: This syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader.)

Decision Under Review

Appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean County, No. 08-CF-1241; the Hon. Charles G. Reynard, Judge, presiding.

Judgment

Affirmed.

Counsel on Appeal

Michael J. Pelletier, Karen Munoz, and Michael Delcomyn (argued), all of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant. William A. Yoder, State's Attorney, of Bloomington (Patrick Delfino, Robert J. Biderman, and Luke McNeill (argued), all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Panel

JUSTICE POPE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Steigmann and Cook concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION

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