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PEOPLE v. WHEELER

No. 102550.

871 N.E.2d 728 (2007)

226 Ill.2d 92

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Jacoby WHEELER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

June 21, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, Martin J. Ryan, Assistant Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for appellant.

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, Jack Ahola, State's Attorney, Decatur (Gary Feinerman, Solicitor General, Michael M. Glick, Karl R. Triebel, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

OPINION

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

On March 12, 1999, Demetrian Forrest was found dead, slumped over in the driver's side of his car, in Decatur, Illinois. The State alleged that defendant, Jacoby Wheeler, and his codefendant, Shannon Hunter, murdered Forrest to prevent him from testifying against Wheeler in a separate criminal case. Both men were charged with first degree murder. 720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(1) (West 1998).<...

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