People v. Porter

Following a bench trial, defendant, Alfred Antoine Porter, was convicted of first-degree murder in violation of section 9 — 1(a)(1) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (720 ILCS 5/9 — 1(a)(1) (West 1992)) and four counts of attempted first-degree murder in violation of sections 8 — 4 and 9 — 1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (720 ILCS 5/8 — 4, 9 — 1 (West 1992)) and sentenced to a 50-year prison term for the first-degree murder and to four consecutive 10-year terms for each of the attempted first-degree murder counts, for a total of 90 years. It is from the judgment of conviction that defendant now…