People v. Bussey

*1003The defendant and a codefendant, Earl Bell, Jr., who was tried separately, were indicted for crimes related to their beating of Jeffrey Beary (hereinafter the victim) in an alley leading to the backyard of Bell’s home. During the beating, which lasted up to 20 minutes, the victim sustained multiple blows, abrasions and lacerations to the head, a fractured collarbone, three fractured ribs, and a punctured lung that caused air to enter his chest cavity. The victim was stripped of his clothing and his head was wrapped in a blanket secured with tape. The victim, while moaning, was placed into the…