PEOPLE v. LUNA

Docket No. 1-07-2253.

989 N.E.2d 655 (2013)

2013 IL App (1st) 072253

371 Ill. Dec. 65

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Juan LUNA, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

April 25, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , Patricia Unsinn , Alan D. Goldberg , and Kahtleen M. Flynn , all of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Anita M. Alvarez , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg , Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for the People.


OPINION

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

¶ 1 Juan Luna and James Degorski were charged with first degree murder for the 1993 shooting deaths of seven people at a Brown's Chicken restaurant in Palatine, Illinois. Following a severed jury trial in 2007, defendant Luna was found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to natural life imprisonment. Defendant presses several arguments on appeal: (1) the trial court should...

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