People v. Nino

PRESIDING JUSTICE HEIPLE

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was convicted of murder and sentenced to 22 years’ imprisonment. We affirm.

During the summer of 1983, the east side of Joliet was a dangerous place to live. Gang violence among the young Mexican-Americans in the neighborhood was prevalent. Gunplay was apparently not an unusual method of fighting intergang battles. It is out of this background that the facts of the instant case arose.

Alfonso Paramo was driving his brother’s gray Camaro on the evening of July 12. His passengers were Ricky Villanuava and Ruben Mauricio. The…