People v. Wade

Defendant, Vincent Wade, was tried by a jury and convicted of murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 9 — 1(a)), home invasion (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 12 — 11), and armed robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 18 — 2(a)). He argues on appeal that: (1) his sentence of natural life imprisonment for murder must be reversed because it was based upon the trial court’s unsupported conclusion that defendant inflicted the fatal knife wounds on the victim; (2) defendant’s sentence to natural life imprisonment must be reversed and he must be resentenced because, in violation of his…