People v. Shafer

FILED

2020 IL App (4th) 180343

November 4, 2020 Carla Bender NO. 4-18-0343 4th District Appellate Court, IL IN THE APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS FOURTH DISTRICT THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Circuit Court of v. ) Coles County JAMES T. SHAFER, ) No. 16CF239 Defendant-Appellant. ) ) Honorable ) Brien J. O’Brien, ) Judge Presiding. JUSTICE CAVANAGH delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices DeArmond and Turner concurred in the judgment and opinion. OPINION ¶1 A jury found defendant, James T. Shafer, guilty of felony murder (720 ILCS…