People v. Salgado

SECOND DIVISION March 31, 2006 No. 1-04-0856 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) ) Appeal from the Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Circuit Court of v. ) Cook County. ) ) RUFFO SALGADO, ) Honorable ) Dennis J. Porter, Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge Presiding. JUSTICE SOUTH delivered the opinion of the court: Defendant, Ruffo Salgado, appeals his conviction for first degree murder in the shooting death of Erling Cox following a jury trial. The trial court sentenced him to a 54-year prison term in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Early in the proceedings, defendant was represented by the Cook…