PEOPLE v. PETERSON

No. 1-85-2487.

202 Ill. App.3d 33 (1990)

559 N.E.2d 762

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. EDDIE PETERSON, Defendant-Appellant.

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

Rehearing denied September 6, 1990.

Modified opinion filed September 17, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier and Debra R. Salinger, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Inge Fryklund, James E. Fitzgerald, and Jeffrey Newman, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, the defendant, Eddie Peterson, was convicted of the murder of Ernest Hardaway and was sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment. The defendant then appealed his conviction and sentence to this court. This court affirms.

At the defendant's trial, the State presented Douglas Matthews as its first witness. Matthews testified that...

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