People v. Campbell

Defendant Tony Campbell was indicted for the murder of Larry Wallace. Following a jury trial, Campbell was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to 40 years’ imprisonment. Defendant appeals the conviction as well as the sentence.

On December 12, 1986, Larry Wallace visited a friend in an apartment building at 140 North Wood Street in the City of Chicago. Wallace entered the building around midnight, and while in the building’s vestibule, Wallace was gunned down by unknown assailants. The examining pathologist adduced the cause of death to be multiple gunshot wounds to the chest, back,…