People v. Kirwan

The defendant, Edward Kirwan, was indicted by the grand jury of Peoria County for the offense of murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 9 — 1(a)(2)). Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Peoria County, Kirwan was convicted, and sentenced to the Department of Corrections for a term of (25) years. He now appeals from the judgment entered on the jury verdict, raising three issues for our consideration: First, was the evidence presented at trial sufficient to prove him guilty of murder beyond a reasonable doubt; second, did reversible error occur when one of the jurors revealed to…