PEOPLE v. McMURTRY

No. 1-93-3791.

665 N.E.2d 450 (1996)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Stephen McMURTRY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

April 26, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of the State Appellate Defender-First District, James Geis Law Office, Chicago, for defendant-appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago, IL (Renee Goldfarb, James E. Fitzgerald, Assistant States's Attorneys, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice McNAMARA delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant Stephen McMurtry was convicted of first degree murder. He was subsequently sentenced to 30 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Defendant appeals.

It is undisputed that on May 17, 1992, at approximately 12:30 a.m., a group of people including defendant and the victim, Ortagus Turner, were standing in front of defendant's home while defendant was engaged in an...

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