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PEOPLE v. RIVERA

No. 98609.

879 N.E.2d 876 (2007)

227 Ill.2d 1

316 Ill.Dec. 488

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Michael RIVERA, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

November 29, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James K. Leven, Chicago, for appellant.

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (Linda D. Woloshin, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, James E. Fitzgerald, Mary L. Boland, Alan J. Spellberg, Judy L. DeAngelis, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

OPINION

Justice KARMEIER delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion:

Defendant, Michael Rivera, was charged in the circuit court of Cook County with two counts of first degree murder. Following a jury trial, defendant was found guilty and was subsequently sentenced to 85 years' incarceration in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Defendant appealed, arguing, that (1) the trial court erred when it sua sponte raised a reverse-Batson

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