People v. Coleman

FIRST DIVISION

January 18, 2000

No. 1-98-0742

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

STANLEY COLEMAN,

Defendant-Appellant.)))))))))

Appeal from the

Circuit Court of

Cook County

Honorable

Themis N. Karnezis

Judge Presiding.

PRESIDING JUSTICE O'MARA FROSSARD delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial defendant, Stanley Coleman, was convicted of the first degree murder of his 11-month-old son, T.S. The trial court also found that under the applicable statutory guidelines it could only sentence defendant to either a term of natural life imprisonment without parole or death.…