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PEOPLE v. VERA

No. 1-94-0284.

660 N.E.2d 9 (1995)

277 Ill.App.3d 130

213 Ill.Dec. 752

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Francisco VERA, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

Rehearing Denied January 31, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas K. McQueen, Robert R. Stauffer, David Jimenez-Ekman, Jenner & Block, Chicago, for appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Attorney, County of Cook (Renee Goldfarb, William D. Carroll, James S. Beligratis, Asst. State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.

Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:

This case arises from a violent street encounter between a group of Mexican-Americans (Mexicans) and a group of Italian-Americans (Italians).

One of the Italian youths was shot and severely wounded by one of the Mexicans. Defendant Francisco Vera (Vera) was charged with attempted murder. After a bench trial, he was convicted of aggravated battery with a firearm. He was sentenced to 17 years' imprisonment...

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