PEOPLE v. BALLARD

No. 88885.

794 N.E.2d 788 (2002)

206 Ill.2d 151

276 Ill.Dec. 538

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Mark BALLARD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

As Modified Upon Denial of Rehearing December 2, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender, and Kathryn Saltmarsh, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for appellant.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Joseph E. Birkett, State's Attorney, Wheaton (Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, and William L. Browers and David H. Iskowich, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People.


Justice FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial held in the circuit court of Du Page County, the trial judge found defendant, Mark Ballard, guilty of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a) (West 1996)); robbery (720 ILCS 5/18-1(a) (West 1996)); concealment of a homicidal death (720 ILCS 5/9-3.1(a) (West 1996)); unlawful possession of a stolen motor vehicle (625 ILCS 5/4-103(a)(1) (West 1996)); and armed robbery (720 ILCS 5/18-2(a) (West...

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