PEOPLE v. BILLUPS

No. 1-08-1383.

935 N.E.2d 1046 (2010)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lavelle BILLUPS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

Rehearing Denied September 21, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anita Alvarez , State's Attorney, County of Cook, Chicago, IL ( Alan J. Spellberg , Douglas P. Harvath , Miles J. Keleher , Assistant State's Attorneys, of Counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Paul E. Wojciciki , Jason A. Higginbotham , Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.


Justice GARCIA delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant-appellant, Lavelle Billups, testified before a jury that he shot and killed Charles Thompson during a robbery attempt by Thompson after he won the struggle over Thompson's gun. The State presented evidence that the defendant shot and killed Thompson with a gun the defendant had concealed on his person. The jury rejected the claim of self-defense and found the defendant guilty of first degree murder....

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