People v. Brooks

2023 IL App (1st) 200435

FIRST DIVISION September 25, 2023 IN THE APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS FIRST DISTRICT No. 1-20-0435 ) THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the ) Circuit Court of Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Cook County. ) v. ) No. 2018-CR-118301 ) TRAMELL BROOKS, ) Honorable ) Stanley Sacks, Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge Presiding. ) PRESIDING JUSTICE FITZERALD SMITH delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Lavin and Coghlan concurred in the judgment and opinion. OPINION ¶1 After a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, the defendant, Trammell Brooks,…