PEOPLE v. JENKINS

No. 1-01-0073.

776 N.E.2d 755 (2002)

333 Ill. App.3d 534

267 Ill.Dec. 383

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marcus JENKINS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

August 26, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender of Cook County (Timothy J. Leeming, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), Chicago, for Respondent-Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County (Renee Goldfarb, Alan J. Spellberg and Aaron R. Bond, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), Chicago, for Petitioner-Appellee.


Presiding Justice COHEN delivered the opinion of the court:

Juvenile defendant Marcus Jenkins was tried as an adult before a jury and convicted of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(1) (West 1998)) in the gang-related shooting death of 79-year-old Edna Dela Rosa. The trial court sentenced Jenkins to a term of 50 years' imprisonment. Jenkins appeals both his conviction and sentence, arguing that: (1) inculpatory statements to police should have been suppressed...

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