OPINION
Presiding Justice BURKE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.
¶ 1 A jury found defendant, Marquis D. Thomas, guilty of the first-degree murder of Lavontaye Nunn. See 720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(1) (West 2006). The trial court sentenced defendant to 30 years' imprisonment with a 25-year handgun "add-on" penalty, resulting in a 55-year aggregate term. On direct appeal, defendant argued, inter alia, that the trial court erred by excluding...
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