People v. Thompson

2013 IL App (1st) 113105

FIFTH DIVISION SEPTEMBER 27, 2013 No. 1-11-3105 ) THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the ) Circuit Court of Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Cook County. ) v. ) No. 09 CR 14684 ) RUDOLPH THOMPSON, ) Honorable ) Nicholas R. Ford, Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge Presiding. ) PRESIDING JUSTICE GORDON delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices McBride and Taylor concurred in the judgment and opinion. OPINION ¶1 After a jury trial, defendant Rudolph Thompson was convicted of first degree murder and was sentenced to 50 years in the Illinois Department of…