People v. Linscott

Defendant, Steven Paul Linscott, was charged with the rape and murder of Karen Anne Phillips. A jury found him guilty of murder but not guilty of rape, and he was sentenced to 40 years in prison. On appeal, we reversed the conviction on the basis that the State did not prove defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; one judge dissented. (People v. Linscott (1985), 135 Ill. App. 3d 773, 482 N.E.2d 403.) The supreme court granted the State’s petition for leave to appeal and reversed our decision; two judges concurred in part and dissented in part.1 (People v. Linscott (1986), 114 Ill. 2d 340,…