PEOPLE v. ARCOS

Nos. 1-93-0828, 1-93-3432.

668 N.E.2d 1177 (1996)

282 Ill. App.3d 870

218 Ill.Dec. 345

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Xavier ARCOS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

August 1, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Micael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, and David S. Mejia, Chicago, for Appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, James P. Navarre, Janet Powers Doyle and Robert Robertson, of counsel), for Appellee.


Justice CAHILL delivered the opinion of the court:

We review a conviction for murder after a bench trial. The trial court sentenced the defendant to 55 years in prison. The defendant appealed. We granted a petition for bond pending appeal and the state appealed that order. The supreme court denied the state's petition to revoke bond.

The issue we face is whether the evidence was sufficient to find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. That evidence...

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