PEOPLE v. SOTERAS

No. 2-97-0168.

693 N.E.2d 400 (1998)

295 Ill. App.3d 610

230 Ill.Dec. 271

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Arthur SOTERAS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

March 27, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George P. Lynch, argued, George Patrick Lynch, Ltd., Lisle, for Arthur Soteras.

Joseph E. Birkett, Du Page County State's Attorney, Wheaton, Martin P. Moltz, Deputy Director, Joan M. Kripke, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, for the People.


Justice INGLIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Arthur Soteras, appeals his conviction of first-degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a) (West 1994)) of decedent, Cozette Jones, for forcing her vehicle off the road and into a rollover accident. We affirm.

Jones and her brother, Albert Weems, both worked at a restaurant in Elgin. Defendant owned a flower shop in partnership with Don Chiola.

During the afternoon of September 7, 1994, Jones and...

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