PEOPLE v. YOUNG

Nos. 1-91-1519, 1-91-1522, 1-91-1778, 1-91-1848, 1-91-2087 and 1-92-0022.

635 N.E.2d 473 (1994)

263 Ill. App.3d 627

200 Ill.Dec. 134

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James YOUNG, Michael Meyers, James Bannister, Kevin Young, Thomas Carter, Michael Johnson, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

Rehearings Denied May 3, 1994.

June 8, 1994, and June 10, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, Patricia Mysza, Assistant, of counsel, for James Young.

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender, Chicago, Hugh Stevens, Assistant, of counsel, for Michael Meyers, Kevin Young, Thomas Carter.

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty., Chicago, Renee Goldfarb, Kenneth T. McCurry & LaTisha Foster, Assistants, of counsel, for appellee.


Justice HOFFMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants, James Young, Michael Meyers, James Bannister, Michael Johnson, Kevin Young and Thomas Carter, were convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment following the gang-related shootings of two men near the Stateway Gardens housing complex ("Stateway"). Defendants appeal from their convictions and sentences, raising the following...

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