People v. Walker

(Court opinion corrected 12/18/20.) Defendant was convicted, after bench trial, of home invasion, armed robbery, aggravated battery with a firearm, and aggravated discharge of a firearm. Defendant and 2 other men claimed to be pizza deliverymen as a guise to enter the home and commit robbery and battery. The pizza box was brought to the victims' residence and was used as a tool in the home invasion, and Defendant's fingerprint on the pizza box connected him to the crime. Phone calls made to Defendant's phone were made in the area where the victims' residence was located. A trier of fact could reasonably find that about the time the offenses were committed, Defendant was at or near the victims' residence. A rational trier of fact could find the elements of the offenses, either on a theory that Defendant was one of the principal perpetrators or on a theory that he was accountable for the crimes of the principal perpetrators. (KNECHT and HARRIS, concurring.)