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PEOPLE v. RIVERA

No. 1-93-4594.

661 N.E.2d 429 (1996)

277 Ill. App.3d 811

214 Ill.Dec. 575

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wilfredo RIVERA, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

January 29, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender; Alan D. Goldberg, Asst. Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Attorney, County of Cook; Renee Goldfarb, William D. Carroll, William L. Toffenetti, Asst. State's Attorneys, of counsel, for appellee.

Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:

On September 27, 1992, Juan Garcia was brought into the emergency room of Christ Hospital. He had been shot in the head. The bullet had entered his right temple, passed through his brain, and lodged under his skin over the left temple. He was in a coma. Surgery was performed immediately. He survived and eventually testified at the jury trial of Wilfredo Rivera, the man accused of being legally responsible for shooting...

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