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PEOPLE v. RIVERA

No. 1-00-3871.

810 N.E.2d 129 (2004)

348 Ill.App.3d 168

284 Ill.Dec. 476

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael RIVERA, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

May 7, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Renee Goldfarb, Mary L. Boland, Jill Gaffney-Barnum, Assistant State's Attorneys, Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, County of Cook, Chicago, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

James K. Leven, Panel attorney for State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for Defendant-Appellant.

Justice TULLY delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant, Michael Rivera, was found guilty of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(A)(1) (West 1998)) and sentenced to 85 years' incarceration. Defendant timely appeals contending (1) the trial court erred when it sua sponte raised a reverse-Batson (see Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct...

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