People v. Hornsby

Following a bench trial, defendant, Joseph Hornsby, was convicted of first-degree murder in violation of section 9 — 1(a) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (720 ILCS 5/9 — 1(a) (West 1992)) and sentenced to a term of 40 years’ imprisonment for that crime. It is from the judgment of conviction that defendant now appeals to this court pursuant to section 6 of article VI of the Illinois Constitution (Ill. Const. 1970, art. VI, § 6) and Supreme Court Rule 603 (134 Ill. 2d R. 603).

For the reasons which follow, we affirm and remand with directions.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Defendant’s conviction arose from the…