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PEOPLE v. ZAPATA

No. 1-02-3733.

808 N.E.2d 1064 (2004)

347 Ill. App.3d 956

283 Ill.Dec. 776

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Yohn ZAPATA, a/k/a Yohn Zapada, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

Rehearing Denied May 12, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Office of State Appellate Defender (Stephen L. Gentry, Assistant Appellate Defender, of counsel), for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, County of Cook (Renee Goldfarb, Margaret J. Campos, and Michelle L. Feola, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Appellee.

Presiding Justice CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, the trial court found defendant Yohn Zapata guilty of the first degree murder of Omar Brown and sentenced him to 50 years in prison. Defendant now appeals his conviction and sentence. Codefendant Alex Negron was tried simultaneously before a jury and is not a party to this appeal.1

The record on appeal discloses...

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