People v. Hill

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Madison County, defendant, Donald R. Hill, was convicted of two counts of murder, two counts of reckless homicide, fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, and three counts of disobeying a traffic control device. Judgment was entered on the murder convictions, and defendant was sentenced to two concurrent terms of imprisonment for 30 years each.

On appeal, three issues are raised: (1) whether the evidence was sufficient to support a murder conviction under section 9 — 1(a)(2) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par.…