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PEOPLE v. WILLIS

No. 1-01-3863.

811 N.E.2d 202 (2004)

349 Ill.App.3d 1

284 Ill.Dec. 907

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Brian WILLIS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

June 1, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Cook of County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Michelle Katz and Richard Schroeder, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Murphy, Peters & Davis, Chicago, for Defendant-Appellant.

Justice McBRIDE delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury convicted defendant Brian Willis of two counts of first degree murder for the shooting deaths of 23-year-old Alexander Clair and 25-year-old Jewel Marie Washington on October 30, 1996, near the intersection of 69th and Calumet Streets in Chicago. Willis was sentenced to natural life in prison. In this appeal, Willis claims that reversal is warranted because (1) the trial court improperly allowed the judge...

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