PEOPLE v. AMAYA

No. 2-00-0099.

748 N.E.2d 1251 (2001)

321 Ill. App.3d 923

255 Ill.Dec. 181

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Armando AMAYA, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

May 10, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, Lawrence D. Wechter, Batavia, for Armando Amaya.

Meg Gorecki, Kane County State's Attorney, St. Charles, Martin P. Moltz, Deputy Director, Lawrence M. Bauer, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, Gunta Z. Hadac, Grayslake, for the People.


Justice McLAREN delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Armando Amaya, appeals his convictions of and sentences for attempted murder, first-degree murder, and aggravated discharge of a firearm after three people were shot, one fatally, at an apartment building in Elgin. We affirm in part and vacate in part.

On April 28, 1998, the defendant was charged in a six-count indictment with two counts of first-degree murder in that the defendant shot Jermaine...

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