People v. Mathis

2024 IL App (1st) 211102

No. 1-21-1102 FIRST DISTICT SECOND DIVISION September 30, 2024 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the ) Circuit Court of Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Cook County. ) v. ) No. 13 CR 7906 ) DEON MATHIS, ) Honorable ) Kenneth J. Wadas, Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge Presiding. JUSTICE HOWSE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Ellis and Cobbs concurred in the judgment and opinion. OPINION ¶1 In January 2020, a jury found defendant, Deon Mathis, guilty of first degree murder of one victim and aggravated battery with a firearm of another victim…