PEOPLE v. THIGPEN

No. 1-96-3019.

713 N.E.2d 633 (1999)

306 Ill. App.3d 29

239 Ill.Dec. 102

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Artez THIGPEN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

June 15, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Chicago (Maria A. Harrigan, Assistant Appellate Defender, of counsel), for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, James E. Fitzgerald and Sari London, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Appellees.


Justice COUSINS delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Artez Thigpen, was indicted on two counts of first degree murder and one count of aggravated battery for the September 12, 1993, shooting of Clifton Burks.

He was also charged with first degree murder (attempt), aggravated battery with a firearm and two counts of aggravated battery on Anthony Townsend, who received a gunshot wound in the same incident. The codefendant, Tyrone Williams, was...

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