People v. McKinley

2020 IL App (1st) 191907

SIXTH DIVISION November 30, 2020 No. 1-19-1907 IN THE APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) ) Appeal from the Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Circuit Court of Cook County. ) v. ) 01 CR 17493 ) BENARD McKINLEY, ) Honorable Kenneth J. Wadas, ) Judge Presiding. Defendant-Appellant. ) JUSTICE CONNORS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Presiding Justice Mikva and Justice Griffin concurred in the judgment and opinion. OPINION ¶1 Defendant, Benard McKinley, 1 was convicted when he was 16 years old of first degree…