PEOPLE v. HARRIS

No. 1-96-2020.

691 N.E.2d 80 (1998)

294 Ill. App.3d 561

229 Ill.Dec. 144

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Courtney HARRIS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

Rehearing Denied March 6, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago (James C. Schroeder, Alyssa D. Dudkowski and Veronica L. Young, of counsel), for Defendants Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County (Renee Goldfarb, Margaret J. Faustmann and Janet Powers Doyle, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.


Presiding Justice McNULTY delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury trial, defendant Courtney Harris was found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to 28 years' imprisonment. Defendant claims on appeal that: (1) he was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of first degree murder under an accountability theory; (2) the trial court should have quashed his arrest since he was arrested without probable cause; (3) his statement to police should have...

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