People v. Young

On December 7, 1978, defendant was convicted by a jury of first-degree murder, as a result of a homicide committed during the perpetration of a burglary.1 Evidence linking defendant to the crime included inculpatory statements by the defendant made to a prosecution witness, fingerprints of the defendant obtained at the scene, and the results of blood analyses which included the defendant in the class of possible perpetrators. There were no eyewitnesses to the crime. There was, however, testimony at trial which established that the decedent was seen alive at 8 a.m. on May 16, 1978. The…