People v. Smith

David Smith (defendant) was charged in connection with the March 17, 1987, stabbing death of Lisa Ferguson (victim) in Chicago. After the prosecutor nol-prossed other counts of the indictment, defendant proceeded to a jury trial in the Cook County circuit court on the following charges: two counts of murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, pars. 9 — 1(a)(1), (a)(2)); two counts of felony murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 9 — 1 (a)(3) (with aggravated criminal sexual assault and home invasion as predicate felonies)); one count of home invasion (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 12 —…