People v. Peterson

Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, the defendant, Eddie Peterson, was convicted of the murder of Ernest Hardaway and was sentenced to 25 years’ imprisonment. The defendant then appealed his conviction and sentence to this court. This court affirms.

At the defendant’s trial, the State presented Douglas Matthews as its first witness. Matthews testified that on September 22, 1983, he was arrested along with the defendant, Ernest Hardaway and David Clay, for the armed robbery of a gas station in St. Johns, Indiana. Matthews also said that he was at the defendant’s house…