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PEOPLE v. LEWIS

Docket No. 1-10-2089.

980 N.E.2d 1226 (2012)

2012 IL App (1st) 102089

366 Ill. Dec. 867

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Orlando LEWIS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

November 21, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , Alan D. Goldberg , and Tomas G. Gonzalez , all of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Anita M. Alvarez , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg , Sari London , and Sara Dillery Hynes , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

OPINION

Justice WILLIAM TAYLOR delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Following a bench trial, defendant Orlando Lewis was found guilty of the second degree murder of Robert Thompkins and sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment. On appeal, defendant contends that the State failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he did not act in self-defense when Thompkins walked toward him after defendant displayed a gun. Defendant further contends...

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