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PEOPLE v. CRUZ

No. 1-19-0132.

200 N.E.3d 769 (2021)

2021 IL App (1st) 190132

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leonel CRUZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

Filed June 30, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Rascia and Liam Kelly , of Law Offices of Robert Louis Rascia, Ltd., for appellant.

Kimberly M. Foxx , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg , Ashlee Cuza , and Andrea V. Salone , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

OPINION

¶ 1 Defendant Leonel Cruz stabbed Melvin Perkins during a fight on a Chicago Transit Authority (CTA.) bus. He never denied as much but claimed he did so in self-defense. A jury rejected the self-defense claim and found him guilty of aggravated battery.

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