People v. Bedoya

THIRD DIVISION

September 28, 2001

No. 1-99-1750

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the) Circuit Court of

Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Cook County.)

v. ))

GABRIEL BEDOYA, ) Honorable) Lon William Schultz,

Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge Presiding.

The State presented seven witnesses and 27 exhibits to support its claim that Gabriel Bedoya fired a gun from a car at three Chicago buildings in the early morning hours of May 27, 1994. Bedoya was not on trial for firing those gunshots. He was charged with murdering Jose Rodriguez during a struggle at a tavern a short time later. A jury found him…