PEOPLE v. RODRIGUEZ

No. 1-05-1044.

866 N.E.2d 1228 (2007)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jorge RODRIGUEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

April 20, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago (Emily E. Filpi, of counsel), for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, Cook County State's Attorney, Chicago (James E. Fitzgerald, Alan J. Spellberg, Hareena Meghani-Wakely, of counsel), for Appellee.


Justice FROSSARD delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Jorge Rodriguez, was convicted by a jury of the first degree murder of Mario Avila. His two codefendants, Phonakone Sangathit and Carolina Santos received separate trials. Following the defendant's conviction, the trial judge sentenced him to 35 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections and imposed an additional enhanced sentence of 15 years for committing the murder while armed with a firearm....

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