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PEOPLE v. NINO

No. 3-84-0751.

134 Ill. App.3d 246 (1985)

480 N.E.2d 174

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ARTURO NINO, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed June 25, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irwin L. Frazin and Robert Fisher, both of Frazin & Fisher, of Chicago, for appellant.

Edward F. Petak, State's Attorney, of Joliet (John X. Breslin and Gary F. Gnidovec, of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE HEIPLE delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was convicted of murder and sentenced to 22 years' imprisonment. We affirm.

During the summer of 1983, the east side of Joliet was a dangerous place to live. Gang violence among the young Mexican-Americans in the neighborhood was prevalent. Gunplay was apparently not an unusual method of fighting intergang battles. It is out of this background that the facts of...

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