PEOPLE v. BELK

No. 1-00-0371.

760 N.E.2d 118 (2001)

326 Ill. App.3d 290

260 Ill.Dec. 39

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John BELK, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

November 14, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maria A. Harrigan, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Katherine Blakey Cox, Mary Anna Plana, of counsel), for Appellee.


Justice SOUTH delivered the opinion of the court.

Defendant, John Belk, was charged with two counts of felony murder predicated on the offenses of burglary and aggravated possession of a stolen motor vehicle, during the commission of which two people were killed when their car was struck by the vehicle that defendant was operating during a police chase. At the end of the bench trial, defendant was convicted of two counts of felony murder and one count of aggravated...

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