Cevin Stanford, 31, charged in the murder of James McClose in 2004.
Michael Smith, who testified at the murder trial for his cousin, Cevin Stanford. Smith is in prison, scheduled to be released in May 2014.
ST. CHARLES TOWNSHIP — An Aurora man has been found not guilty of shooting a sleeping man in 2004. Late Wednesday night, a Kane County jury decided that prosecutors had not proved Cevin Stanford, 31, fired the shots that killed James McClose Jr. as he …