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PEOPLE v. HORTA

No. 2-14-0714.

2016 IL App (2d) 140714

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOSE J. HORTA, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Filed December 5, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Lilien , Patricia Mysza , and Jennifer Bontrager , of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellant.

Michael G. Nerheim , State's Attorney, of Waukegan ( Lawrence M. Bauer and Aline Dias , of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Justices Burke and Hudson concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION

¶ 1 After a jury trial, defendant, Jose J. Horta, was convicted, under an accountability theory, of first-degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(2) (West 2010)). The trial court sentenced him to 59 years' imprisonment, which included a mandatory 15-year add-on because...

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