PEOPLE v. LAWRENCE

No. 1-93-2767.

644 N.E.2d 19 (1994)

268 Ill. App.3d 327

205 Ill.Dec. 803

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jonah LAWRENCE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

November 18, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward R. Vrdolyak, Ltd., Chicago, of counsel, Everett J. Cygal, for appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty., County of Cook, Renee Goldfarb, Linda Woloshin, Timothy Felgenhauer, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel, for appellee.


Presiding Justice MURRAY delivered the opinion of the court:

After a bench trial, defendant Jonah Lawrence (Lawrence) was convicted for the murder of Rosa Hopkins and for the concealment of her homicidal death. (Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 38, pars. 9-1(a)(1), (2); 9-3.1(a).) He was given a sentence of 25 years' imprisonment in the Illinois Department of Corrections for the murder conviction and a concurrent sentence of 5 years' imprisonment for the concealment conviction...

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