PEOPLE v. HARRIS

No. 121932.

2018 IL 121932

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. DARIEN HARRIS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Filed October 18, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, of Springfield, and Kimberly M. Foxx , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( David L. Franklin , Solicitor General, Michael M. Glick and Gopi Kashyap , Assistant Attorneys General, and Alan J. Spellberg , Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for the People.

James E. Chadd , State Appellate Defender, Patricia Mysza , Deputy Defender, and Lauren A. Bauser , Assistant Appellate Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Chicago, for appellee.

Bluhm Legal Clinic, of Chicago ( Shobha L. Mahadev and Scott F. Main , of counsel, and Margaret Houseknecht and Kathleen Ryan , law students), for amici curiae Children & Family Justice Center et al.

Justice Neville took no part in the decision.


OPINION

¶ 1 The defendant, Darien Harris, was convicted of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(1) (West 2010)), attempted first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/8-4(a), 9-1 (West 2010)), and aggravated battery with a firearm (720 ILCS 5/12-4.2(a)(1) (West 2010)) and sentenced...

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