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PEOPLE v. ANDERSON

No. 1-07-1768.

904 N.E.2d 1113 (2009)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James ANDERSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

March 16, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, State Appellate Defender, Patricia Unsinn, Deputy Defender, and Brian E. Koch, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Chicago, for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago. (James E. Fitzgerald, Alan J. Spellberg, and Clare Wesolik Connolly, of Counsel), for Appellant.

Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:

The amended Illinois Supreme Court Rule 431(b) went into effect on May 1, 2007. Jury selection in the murder case against James Anderson began three weeks later, on May 21, 2007. The jury found the defendant guilty of first degree murder and aggravated battery with a firearm. The defendant raises several issues on appeal, but we focus on the question of whether the trial court complied with Rule 431(b) and, if not...

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