People v. Rodriguez

FIRST DIVISION DECEMBER 15, 2008 No. 1-07-0137 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the ) Circuit Court of Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Cook County. ) v. ) No. 00 CR 11338 ) DANIEL RODRIGUEZ, ) Honorable ) Bertina Lampkin, Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge Presiding. JUSTICE ROBERT E. GORDON delivered the opinion of the court: Defendant Daniel Rodriguez was convicted by a jury on September 21, 2005, of the first- degree murder of 18-year-old Ricardo Vasquez. In addition, the jury found that defendant personally discharged the firearm that proximately caused Vasquez’s death. The murder was…