PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

No. 1-89-3194.

603 N.E.2d 624 (1992)

236 Ill. App.3d 125

177 Ill.Dec. 554

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Tony JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

September 28, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of Public Defender of Cook County, Randolph N. Stone (Donald S. Honchell, Asst. Public Defender, of counsel), Chicago, for defendant-appellant.

Office of State's Atty., Cook County, Jack O'Malley (Renee Goldfarb, Mary Brigid Kenny and Roseanne McDonnell, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), Chicago, for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice MANNING delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Tony Johnson, was convicted in a jury trial of the murder of Walter Brefford and of residential burglary of Mr. Brefford's home. The trial court sentenced defendant to concurrent terms of 35 years imprisonment for the murder and 10 years imprisonment for residential burglary.

On review, defendant raises six issues. First, he contends that the State failed to sustain its burden of proving defendant...

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