People v. Merriweather

FILED

2017 IL App (4th) 150407

June 27, 2017 Carla Bender 4th District Appellate NO. 4-15-0407 Court, IL IN THE APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS FOURTH DISTRICT THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Circuit Court of v. ) McLean County BYRON MERRIWEATHER, ) No. 04CF840 Defendant-Appellant. ) ) Honorable ) Robert L. Freitag, ) Judge Presiding. PRESIDING JUSTICE TURNER delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Pope and Knecht concurred in the judgment and opinion. OPINION ¶1 In February 2006, a jury found defendant, Byron J. Merriweather, guilty of…