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PEOPLE v. COOPER

No. 86871.

743 N.E.2d 32 (2000)

194 Ill.2d 419

252 Ill.Dec. 458

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. Marcus COOPER et al., Appellants and Cross-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied January 29, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender, Chicago (Andrea Monsees, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellants.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Richard A, Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (William L. Browers, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, and Renee G. Goldfarb, Kenneth T. McCurry and Alan J. Spellberg, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Chief Justice HARRISON delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a joint bench trial held in the circuit court of Cook County, Marcus Cooper and Chester Starnes (defendants) were convicted of the first degree murder of Derrick Henderson (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(2) (West 1994)) and the aggravated battery with a firearm of Charles Robinson (720 ILCS 5/12-4.2(a)(1) (West 1994)). Both convictions were based on an accountability theory. The appellate court affirmed defendants...

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