PEOPLE v. PEACOCK

No. 1-98-3552.

756 N.E.2d 261 (2001)

324 Ill. App.3d 749

258 Ill.Dec. 279

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Taki PEACOCK, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

August 21, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Jennifer Bonjean, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, Cook County State's Attorney (Renee Goldfarb, Alan Spellberg, William Carroll, and William L. Toffenetti, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel, with the assistance of Donald D. Gardiner, a graduate of John Marshall Law School and a Law Clerk in the Criminal Appeals Division of the Cook County State's Attorneys Office), Chicago, for Appellee.


Justice McBRIDE delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, defendant Taki Peacock was found guilty of first degree murder, aggravated vehicular hijacking, armed robbery, and aggravated kidnapping. Defendant was given an extended-term sentence of 80 years for first degree murder and 30 years on each of the other offenses, to run concurrent with the 80-year term.

The evidence at trial showed that on August 31, 1995, the victim, 60-year-old...

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