Legal Opinion
People v. Becker
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided August 7, 2000No. 1-97-2044PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE O’HARA FROSSARD
delivered the opinion of the court:
Following a jury trial, defendant, Gregory Becker, a Chicago police officer, was convicted of one count of armed violence (720 ILCS 5/33A — 2 (West 1994)), one count of involuntary manslaughter (720 ILCS 5/9 — 3(a) (West 1994)) and three counts of official misconduct (720 ILCS 5/33 — 3(a), (b) (West 1994)) involving the shooting death of Joseph Gould. On appeal, defendant asserts that: (1) his armed violence conviction was improperly based upon the same conduct found to be unintended by the jury’s simultaneous verdict of…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Marchetti v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- California v. ByersSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- In re G.O.Illinois Supreme Court · 2000
- People of Illinois v. HaronIllinois Supreme Court · 1981
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3Cited by20 opinions
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