People v. Brown

Defendant, James S. Brown, was charged by indictment with two counts of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9 — 1(a)(2), (a)(3) (West 1996)) and two counts of aggravated arson (720 ILCS 5/20 — 1.1(a)(1), (a)(2) (West 1996)). Defendant was transferred from juvenile court to the criminal court system for prosecution. The cause proceeded to trial, where a jury found defendant guilty of the lesser included offenses of involuntary manslaughter (720 ILCS 5/9 — 3 (West 1996)) and reckless conduct (720 ILCS 5/12 — 5 (West 1996)). The trial court entered its judgment of conviction and imposed a sentence…