People v. Benford

2021 IL App (1st) 181237

FIFTH DIVISION MARCH 26, 2021 No. 1-18-1237 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the ) Circuit Court of Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Cook County, Illinois. ) v. ) No. 99 CR 2775 ) REGINALD BENFORD, ) Honorable ) Diane Cannon, Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge Presiding. JUSTICE CUNNINGHAM delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Presiding Justice Delort and Justice Rochford concurred in the judgment and opinion. OPINION ¶1 Defendant-appellant Reginald Benford, who was convicted of first degree murder, appeals the denial of leave to file his successive…