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PEOPLE v. VILLARREAL

No. 90914.

761 N.E.2d 1175 (2001)

198 Ill.2d 209

260 Ill.Dec. 619

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Jesus VILLARREAL, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

December 6, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Marshall E. Douglas, State's Attorney, Rock Island (Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, William L. Browers and Jay Paul Hoffmann, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, and Norbert J. Goetten, John X. Breslin and Gary F. Gnidovec, of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, of counsel), for the People.

Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, and Sherry R. Silvern, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, for appellee.

Justice FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

In the circuit court of Rock Island County, a jury found defendant, Jesus Villarreal, guilty of second degree murder in connection with the death of Ali McDonald. He appealed, claiming that he had not been proven guilty of second degree murder beyond a reasonable doubt. He argued in the alternative that he had been denied a fair trial by the verdict forms submitted to the jury and/or by improper admission of gang...

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