People v. Delgado

SIXTH DIVISION November 9, 2006 No. 1-04-3314 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the ) Circuit Court of Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Cook County ) v. ) ) ADAN DELGADO, ) Honorable ) James Linn, Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge Presiding JUSTICE McNULTY delivered the opinion of the court: In 2004, a grand jury indicted defendant Adan Delgado for the 1983 murder of Jaime Otero. The trial judge convicted Delgado of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced him to seven years in prison following a bench trial. On appeal, defendant contends that the trial court should have dismissed the indictment…