PEOPLE v. CARTER

Docket No. 2-11-0703.

994 N.E.2d 224 (2013)

2013 IL App (2d) 110703

373 Ill. Dec. 739

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Nathaniel A. CARTER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

August 9, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter A. Carusona , Glenn Sroka , and Verlin R. Meinz , all of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Ottawa, for appellant.

Joseph P. Bruscato , State's Attorney, of Rockford ( Lawrence M. Bauer and Richard S. London , both of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel) for the People.

Justice SPENCE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Presiding Justice Burke and Justice Jorgensen concurred in the judgment and opinion.


OPINION

¶ 1 Following a jury trial, defendant, Nathaniel A. Carter, was convicted based on accountability of the first-degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(3) (West 2000)) of Cornell Thomas and sentenced to 45 years' imprisonment. On direct appeal, defendant raised one issue, regarding jury instructions. In an unpublished decision, People v. Carter, No. 2-01-1336, 337 Ill.App.3d 1170, 300 Ill.Dec. 260, ...

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