People v. Gore

PRESIDING JUSTICE RAKOWSKI

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant-appellant Daniel Gore was charged with two counts of first degree murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 9—1(a)) and one count of armed violence. Defendant was tried before a jury. The latter charge was nol-prossed at the conclusion of the State’s case. The jury was instructed on self-defense, first degree murder and both forms of second degree murder. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of first degree murder, and defendant was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 28 years in the Illinois Department of…