PEOPLE v. TOLBERT

No. 5-98-0170.

753 N.E.2d 1193 (2001)

323 Ill. App.3d 793

257 Ill.Dec. 567

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Elizabeth H. TOLBERT, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied August 28, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, Verlin R. Meinz, Assistant Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, for Appellant.

Jeff Stunson, State's Attorney, Elizabethtown; Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director, Trent M. Marshall, Staff Attorney, Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate, Mt. Vernon, for Appellee.


Justice MAAG delivered the opinion of the court:

The State filed an information in the circuit court of Hardin County on July 29, 1995, charging Elizabeth H. Tolbert (defendant), James M. Sanford, defendant's brother, and Chris Reed, also known as Chris Olveda, with the offense of first-degree murder in violation of section 9-1(a)(1) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Code) (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(1) (West 1994)). The information...

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