People v. Wadley

A jury convicted defendant, Noldon Wadley, of murder, and specifically found that the murder was committed with intent to prevent the victim from testifying in another murder trial. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, pars. 9 — 1(a)(2), (b)(8).

The 18-year-old victim, Cynthia Berrian, was murdered on May 16, 1984, at approximately 6:30 p.m., in an alley near 47th and Langley Streets in Chicago, Illinois. Pauline, 1 a 13-year-old witness, lived in an apartment in that area. When the police arrived, she told them that as she was looking out a bedroom window, she saw the victim walking alone down the…