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PEOPLE v. BLAIR

No. 96198.

831 N.E.2d 604 (2005)

215 Ill.2d 427

294 Ill.Dec. 654

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Leon BLAIR, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

June 3, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (Lisa Hoffman, Linda D. Woloshin, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, Renee G. Goldfarb, Alan J. Spellberg, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Jeffery A. Waldhoff, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for appellee.

Justice FITZGERALD delivered the opinion of the court:

As defendant Leon Blair and two friends were walking toward an intersection on the south side of Chicago, they encountered a car driven by Darryl Mims. After harsh words were exchanged, defendant pulled a .357 Magnum from his waistband, said "ball game," and killed Mims. A jury convicted defendant of first degree murder and the trial court imposed a sentence of 55 years' imprisonment. Following an unsuccessful...

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