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PEOPLE v. WETZEL

No. 1-98-2380.

721 N.E.2d 643 (1999)

308 Ill. App.3d 886

242 Ill.Dec. 364

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Romelle WETZEL, Defendant-Appellant,

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

November 10, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Tiffany Boye, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Linda Woloshin, Holly L. Rappin, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Appellee.

Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Throughout this first degree murder trial the prosecution contended Romelle Wetzel, the defendant, or Dorian Jefferson, the defendant's companion, fired the fatal shot at Leonard Brown. The defendant claimed he was firing his .380 semi-automatic pistol at a wall, not at Brown or anyone else. Some members of the jury had yet another theory and, after deliberations began, three times asked the trial judge about it...

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