People v. Walker

PRESIDING JUSTICE ROBERT E. GORDON

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Brian Walker, age 20, was convicted by a jury of felony murder, for the shooting death of 24-year-old Dehombre Barnett, a barbershop owner, during an attempted armed robbery at the victim’s barbershop. In addition to finding defendant guilty of first-degree murder, the jury also found that defendant personally discharged the firearm that proximately caused Barnett’s death. On June 22, 2007, defendant was sentenced to 35 years for felony murder, plus a mandatory 25-year enhancement for killing the victim with a…