People v. Scheidt

PRESIDING JUSTICE STOUDER

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Mark Scheidt, was convicted of the murder of Gary L. Shimerda following a jury trial in the circuit court of Will County. (111. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 9 — l(aXl).) He was sentenced to a term of 28 years of imprisonment.

During the trial, State witness Debbie Brown testified that on August 2, 1980, at about 10 p.m., she went to the Welcome Inn Tavern with Geri Hooper. The defendant, Gary Shimerda, and Gordon Weitting were also at the Welcome Inn. While in the tavern, the defendant told Brown, Weitting, and another…