People v. Perkins

── People v. Perkins ── Court: Appellate Court of Illinois Date: May 15, 2026 Category: General NOTICE 2026 IL App (5th) 230251-U NOTICE Decision filed 05/15/26. The This order was filed under text of this decision may be NOS. 5-23-0251, 5-23-0252 cons. Supreme Court Rule 23 and is changed or corrected prior to the filing of a Petition for not precedent except in the Rehearing or the disposition of IN THE limited circumstances allowed the same. under Rule 23(e)(1). APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS FIFTH DISTRICT ______________________________________________________________________________ THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the ) Circuit Court of Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Montgomery County. ) v. ) Nos. 14-CF-110, 14-CF-122 ) LLOYD RAY PERKINS, ) Honorable ) James L. Roberts, Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge, presiding. ______________________________________________________________________________ JUSTICE CLARKE * delivered the judgment of the court. Justices Boie and Sholar concurred in the judgment. ORDER ¶1 Held: Where (1) the evidence at trial was sufficient to support defendant’s conviction; (2) the defendant failed to preserve evidentiary objections at trial, and failed to prove plain error; (3) the trial court did not abuse its discretion when it allowed statements of a co-conspirator into evidence; (4) defendant stipulated to certain evidentiary admissions; (5) the court did not abuse its discretion when it allowed the impeachment by prior inconsistent statement of a witness during redirect examination; and (6) defendant’s Krankel counsel on remand was not ineffective, we affirm the judgment of the circuit court. ¶2 Defendant Lloyd Ray Perkins was charged with armed robbery, unlawful use of a weapon by a felon, and aggravated discharge of a firearm in Montgomery County circuit court case No. 2014-CF-110. Defendant was also charged with obstruction of justice in Montgomery County *Justice Moore was originally assigned to the panel before his retirement. Justice Clarke was substituted on the panel and has listened to oral arguments and read the briefs. 1 circuit court case No. 2014-CF-122. Defendant was convicted in the obstruction case on April 8, 2015, and filed his notice of appeal in the Illinois Appellate Court, Fifth District, case No. 5-15- 0393 on September 3, 2015. Defendant was convicted in his other case of armed robbery and unlawful use of a weapon by a felon on March 17, 2016, and he filed his notice of appeal in Illinois Appellate Court, Fifth District, case No. 5-16-0182 on April 27, 2016. ¶3 On November 26, 2018, this court entered judgments in both cases, remanding the obstruction of justice case for Krankel proceedings, and the armed robbery case for reconsideration of the trial court’s denial of trial counsel’s motion to withdraw, based on the court’s findings in the Krankel proceedings. On March 23, 2023, the trial court entered an order regarding the matters on appellate remand, denying the defendan