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PEOPLE v. RIVERA

No. 98609.

852 N.E.2d 771 (2006)

221 Ill.2d 481

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

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Modified on Denial of Rehearing June 29, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James K. Leven, Chicago, for appellant.

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (Linda D. Woloshin, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, James E. Fitzgerald, Mary L. Boland, Alan J. Spellberg, Judy L. DeAngelis, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Justice KARMEIER delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion:

The defendant, Michael Rivera, was charged in the circuit court of Cook County with two counts of first degree murder. Following a jury trial, the defendant was found guilty and was subsequently sentenced to 85 years' incarceration in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Defendant appealed, arguing that (1) the trial court erred when it sua sponte raised a reverse-Batson (see Batson...

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