People v. Billups

ILLINOIS OFFICIAL REPORTS Appellate Court People v. Billups,

2012 IL App (1st) 081383-B

Appellate Court THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Caption LAVELLE BILLUPS, Defendant-Appellant. District & No. First District, Sixth Division Docket No. 1-08-1383 Filed August 31, 2012 Rehearing denied September 21, 2012 Held The trial court’s violation of Lockett when it instructed the jury on self- (Note: This syllabus defense but not second degree murder was reversible error that required constitutes no part of a new trial, since the version of the events resulting in a fatal…