PEOPLE v. SNOWDEN

No. 1-09-2117.

956 N.E.2d 923 (2011)

353 Ill. Dec. 795

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Deonte SNOWDEN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

June 10, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anita Alvarez , Cook County State's Attorney ( Alan J. Spellberg , Douglas P. Harvath , Sheilah O'Grady , Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Michael J. Pelletier , State Appellate Defender, Alan D. Goldberg , Deputy Defender of Cook County ( Tomas G. Gonzalez , Assistant Appellate Defender), for Defendant-Appellant.


OPINION

Justice McBRIDE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Following a jury trial, defendant Deonte Snowden was convicted under an accountability theory of the first degree murder of Jataun Jennings. The trial court subsequently sentenced him to 27 years in prison. Defendant appeals, arguing that: (1) the State failed to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of murder where the actual killer remains unknown; (2) defendant was...

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