PEOPLE v. BELKNAP

No. 117094.

23 N.E.3d 325 (2014)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Daniel R. BELKNAP, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

December 18, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, of Springfield and James Hoyle , State's Attorney, of Macomb ( Carolyn E. Shapiro , Solicitor General, and Michael M. Glick and John R. Schleppenbach , Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Patrick Delfino , Terry A. Mertel and Gary F. Gnidovec , of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, of Ottawa, of counsel), for the People.

Michael J. Pelletier , State Appellate Defender, Peter A. Carusona , Deputy Defender, and Andrew J. Boyd , Assistant Appellate Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Ottawa, for appellee.


OPINION

¶ 1 Following a jury trial in the circuit court of McDonough County, defendant, Daniel R. Belknap, was convicted of first degree murder in the death of five-year-old Silven Yocum. The trial court sentenced him to 24 years in prison. The appellate court...

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