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PEOPLE v. BROOKS

No. 81624.

718 N.E.2d 88 (1999)

187 Ill.2d 91

240 Ill.Dec. 607

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Terrence BROOKS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied October 4, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Schiedel, Deputy Defender, Springfield, Steven Clark, Assistant Defender, Chicago, both of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, for Terrence Brooks.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Celeste Stewart Stack, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Justice RATHJE delivered the opinion of the court:

On August 7, 1991, three members of the Gangster Disciples street gang were killed during two drive-by shootings in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood. The shots that killed them were fired from a taxicab by members of a rival gang, the Black Disciples. The shootings were provoked by an earlier incident in which a member of the Gangster Disciples shot at the car of a Black Disciple. In connection with the incident,...

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