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PEOPLE v. COOTS

No. 2-10-0592.

968 N.E.2d 1151 (2012)

360 Ill. Dec. 398

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Amanda K. COOTS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

April 16, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Lilien , Deputy Defender, Barbara R. Paschen , Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, for Amanda K. Coots.

Louis A. Bianchi , State's Attorney, Woodstock ( Lawrence M. Bauer , Deputy Director, Jay Paul Hoffman , State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

OPINION

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

¶ 1 After a jury trial, defendant, Amanda K. Coots, was convicted of drug-induced homicide (720 ILCS 5/9-3.3(a) (West 2008)), based on the death of Rustin Cawthon from heroin, and was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment. On appeal, she contends that (1) she was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, because the evidence showed at most that she and Cawthon jointly possessed...

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