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PEOPLE v. EDWARDS

No. 1-96-2039.

684 N.E.2d 802 (1997)

291 Ill. App.3d 476

225 Ill.Dec. 811

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shawn EDWARDS, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

August 14, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Devine, State's Attorney, County of Cook (Renee Goldfarb, James Beligratis, Gregory E. Ahern, Jr., Asst. States Attorneys, of counsel), for Plaintiff-appellant.

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender (Ann C. McCallister, Asst. Appellate Defender), for defendant-appellee.

MODIFIED UPON DENIAL OF PETITION FOR REHEARING

Presiding Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Shawn Edwards was celebrating with friends on New Year's Eve. He brought a loaded gun. At one point during the evening he fired the gun. A bullet from the gun struck one of his friends. The friend died a short time later.

When Edwards was tried for first degree murder he claimed he did not know the gun was loaded at the time he fired...

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