PEOPLE v. LIMA

No. 1-98-3778.

765 N.E.2d 64 (2002)

328 Ill. App.3d 84

262 Ill.Dec. 238

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ricardo LIMA, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

February 1, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of Ira Moltz, Chicago (Ira Moltz and Donald Young, of counsel), for Appellant.

State's Attorneys Office, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Kenneth T. McCurry and Clare Wesolik Connolly, of counsel), for Appellee.


Justice REID delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, Ricardo Lima (Lima) was convicted of one count of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1 (West 1992)) and three counts of attempted first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/8-4, 9-1 (West 1992)). He was first sentenced to 60 years for the murder and to a 10 year concurrent sentence for the attempted murder. Following a motion to reduce the sentence, Lima's sentence...

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