PEOPLE v. STARKS

No. 1-12-1169.

13 N.E.3d 1 (2014)

2014 IL App (1st) 121169

382 Ill. Dec. 588

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Brandon STARKS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

June 4, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , Alan D. Goldberg , and Pamela Rubeo , all of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Anita M. Alvarez , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg , Michelle Katz , Janet C. Mahoney , and Tasha-Marie Kelly , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


OPINION

Justice MASON delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Following a jury trial, defendant Brandon Starks was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to 50 years in prison. On appeal, Starks contends that (1) the State failed to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt where he had no connection to the victim, the police suspected him on the basis of an uncorroborated anonymous tip, and the eyewitness identifications two...

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