Illinois Supreme Court September 23, 1999, 83782 (People v. West)

Docket No. 83782–Agenda 24–May 1999. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. PAUL WEST, Appellant. Opinion filed September 23, 1999. CHIEF JUSTICE FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court: In February 1986, defendant, Paul West, was indicted in the circuit court of Cook County for murder pursuant to sections 9–1(a)(1) and (a)(2) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch.