People v. Romero

PRESIDING JUSTICE ZENOFF

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Johnathan Romero, appeals his conviction of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9 — 1(a)(2) (West 2004)) and his subsequent sentence of 50 years’ imprisonment in connection with an incident in which he fatally stabbed another young man, Eric Flynn, at a bonfire party. On appeal, defendant argues that (1) the evidence that defendant acted under an unreasonable belief in the necessity of deadly force in self-defense warrants our reducing his conviction to second degree murder; (2) his conviction should be reversed and the cause…