People v. Jones

PRESIDING JUSTICE COCCIA

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Earl Jones appeals his murder conviction in a 1985 jury trial. Following his arrest, defendant made oral and written statements to police admitting his role in the shooting of a fellow resident of his Chicago apartment building. He was subsequently indicted by a Cook County grand jury and tried on one count of murder, based on accountability. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, pars. 9—1(a)(1), 5—2(c).) Defendant’s pretrial motions to quash his arrest and suppress his statements to police were denied. He was found guilty and…