People v. Slater

Following an August 2007 trial, a jury convicted defendant, Torrence W Slater, of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9 — 1(a)(2) (West 2006)) and domestic battery (720 ILCS 5/12 — 3.2(a)(1) (West 2006)). In October 2007, the trial court sentenced defendant to 75 years in prison.

Defendant appeals, arguing (1) that the State failed to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of first degree murder based on the doctrine of transferred intent and (2) ineffective assistance of counsel in that his trial counsel failed to file a motion to sever the domestic-battery charge from the first degree murder…