People v. Jackson

A jury found defendant Lewis Jackson guilty of first degree murder and additionally found that the murder resulted from exceptionally brutal or heinous behavior indicative of wanton cruelty and had been committed during the course of an armed robbery. The trial court sentenced defendant to an extended term of natural life in prison. On appeal, defendant contends (1) that the State failed to prove the charge of first degree murder beyond a reasonable doubt; (2) that the court erred in denying defendant’s motion to quash his arrest and suppress statements made thereafter when the police did not…