People v. Balls

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE RIZZI

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Michael Balls, was found guilty of the murder of Delores Silvestri in a jury trial. He was sentenced to a term of 150 to 300 years’ imprisonment. We affirm.

At approximately 10:40 a.m. on November 30,1976, a Chicago police officer went to the 13th floor of the Pittsfield Building in Chicago, Illinois, and found the body of Delores Silvestri lying in a large pool of blood. He noticed a purse and a metal clasp in a pool of blood in a stairwell which was a few feet away from the body. There was also a large butcher knife on…