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PEOPLE v. MORGAN

No. 67692.

568 N.E.2d 755 (1991)

142 Ill.2d 410

154 Ill.Dec. 534

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Derrick MORGAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied April 1, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender, and Allen H. Andrews, Asst. Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Atty. Gen., Springfield, and Cecil A. Partee, State's Atty., Chicago (Terence M. Madsen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, and Renee Goldfarb and William D. Carroll, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), for the People.

Justice THOMAS J. MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Derrick Morgan, was indicted along with Milbon Lockridge (a.k.a. Poncho) and Sam Green (a.k.a. B-Bop) by a Cook County grand jury on two counts of murder and one count of armed violence for the shooting death of David "Swift" Smith (Smith). The armed violence charge against the defendant was later dismissed. After a jury trial, defendant was found guilty of murder. The jury subsequently found...

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