People v. Green

Following a jury trial, the defendant, Curtis Green, was convicted of first degree murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 38, par. 9—1). He was sentenced to a term of natural life imprisonment. He appeals.

At trial, Lenette Barth testified that she was the sister of the victim, Sandra Mason. Mason had lived with the defendant for several years but had ended the relationship. On November 18, 1990, Barth, her husband Bernard, and Mason went to a home that Mason had shared with the defendant. Mason needed to pick up some personal items, and Bernard wished to disconnect the telephone so that the…