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PEOPLE v. LERMA

No. 1-12-1880.

19 N.E.3d 95 (2014)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eduardo LERMA, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

Rehearing Denied October 8, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, State Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago (Alan D. Goldberg and Linda Olthoff, of counsel), for Appellant.

Anita Alvarez, State's Attorney, County of Cook, Chicago (Alan J. Spellberg and Janet C. Mahoney, of counsel), for Appellee.

OPINION

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

¶ 1 A jury convicted defendant, Eduardo Lerma, of first degree murder, personally discharging the firearm that caused death, and aggravated discharge of a weapon in connection with the May 3, 2008, murder of Jason Gill. The only living eyewitness to the shooting, Lydia Clark, identified defendant. Clark and Jason Gill's father, Bill Johnson, both testified that a critically wounded...

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