People v. Jones

PRESIDING JUSTICE COOK

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Robert D. Jones, was charged with the first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9 — 1 (West 1992)) of Dr. Henry Dickerman, who disappeared from his home in Springfield on August 12, 1992. Defendant was convicted at a jury trial in August 1996, but this court reversed that judgment and remanded for a new trial. People v. Jones, No. 4 — 96—0855 (February 23, 1998) (unpublished order under Supreme Court Rule 23). Following remand defendant was convicted of first degree murder at a jury trial in June 1998 and sentenced to 85 years in…