People v. McLaurin

2015 IL App (1st) 131362

FIRST DIVISION MAY 4, 2015 No. 1-13-1362 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the ) Circuit Court of Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Cook County. ) v. ) No. 08 CR 15116 ) MARKELL McLAURIN, ) Honorable ) Michael Brown, Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge Presiding. JUSTICE CUNNINGHAM delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Presiding Justice Delort and Justice Harris concurred in the judgment and opinion. OPINION ¶1 Following a second jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant Markell McLaurin was convicted of first-degree murder. Subsequently, at…