Lee v. State

OPINION

JANN, J.

This action is the second hearing of a consolidated claim encompassing three separate claims originally identified by 91-CV-0028, 91-CV-0130 and the above number. All relate to claims for compensation under the Illinois Crime Victims Compensation Act (740 ILCS 45/1 et seq.), and arise from the murder of Armando M. Colina (“Armando”) on August 14, 1989. The original claim brought on her own behalf by Rhonda Lee (“Rhonda”), the live-in companion of the victim and the mother of his three children, was denied because the parties were never married.

This second claim is brought on…