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PEOPLE v. BURTON

No. 86-0282.

175 Ill. App.3d 14 (1988)

529 N.E.2d 652

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHN BURTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (1st Division).

Opinion filed September 6, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph N. Stone, Public Defender, of Chicago (Richard E. Gade, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Inge Fryklund, Kim A. Novi, and Clarke P. Devereux, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE QUINLAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, John Burton, also known as "Insane James," was indicted on charges of murder and armed violence for the death of John Turner in an incident that occurred on the evening of April 10, 1986, in a vacant parking lot adjacent to a neighborhood tavern. According to the State's witnesses, Anthony Turner, Charles McKesson, Robert Myles, and Charles Myles, Burton had approached the...

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