People v. Castillo

After a separate but simultaneous bench trial, Defendant, age 19 at time of offense, was convicted of 1st degree murder from his and a codefendant's brutal beating of a man who sustained severe brain injuries, lived in a semicomatose state for 13 years, and then died. Nature of injuries that led to death confirms that Defendant's actions were knowing, and evidence shows his knowing conduct was not so improbable, unsatisfactory, or inconclusive as to leave a reasonable doubt as to his guilt. Evidence was sufficient to prove him guilty of 1st degree murder. (PUCINSKI and HYMAN, concurring.)