People v. Tainter Remand

SIXTH DIVISION

MARCH 31, 1999

No. 1-95-3935

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) APPEAL FROM THE) CIRCUIT COURT

Plaintiff-Appellee, ) OF COOK COUNTY.)

v. ))

PATRICK TAINTER, ) HONORABLE) DEBORAH M. DOOLING,

Defendant-Appellant. ) JUDGE PRESID­ING.

PRESIDING JUSTICE CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court:

This case is before us a second time. We affirmed the defendant's conviction of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1 (West 1994)) and his extended term sentence of 75 years' impris­

onment in People v. Tainter, 294 Ill. App. 3d 634, 691 N.E.2d 55 (1998). Justice Buckley dissented on the ground…