People v. Soteras

Defendant, Arthur Soteras, appeals his conviction of first-degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9 — 1(a) (West 1994)) of decedent, Cozette Jones, for forcing her vehicle off the road and into a rollover accident. We affirm.

Jones and her brother, Albert Weems, both worked at a restaurant in Elgin. Defendant owned a flower shop in partnership with Don Chiola.

During the afternoon of September 7, 1994, Jones and Weems were driving to work in Jones’s Geo Tracker on the Eisenhower Expressway, when a Firebird driven by defendant cut in front of them. Jones honked her horn at defendant and defendant slammed on…