People v. Tatum

2019 IL App (1st) 162403

FIRST DISTRICT THIRD DIVISION August 7, 2019 No. 1-16-2403 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the ) Circuit Court of Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Cook County. ) v. ) No. 13 CR 3551 ) SYLVESTER TATUM, ) Honorable ) Thomas V. Gainer Jr., Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge Presiding. JUSTICE ELLIS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Presiding Justice Fitzgerald Smith and Justice Howse concurred in the judgment and opinion. OPINION ¶1 Defendant Sylvester Tatum was jumped and beaten on a street corner. By all accounts, he was furious that his best friend,…