People v. Moreno

Following a jury trial, defendant, Rigoberto Moreno, was convicted of the first degree murder of Michael Marrone (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 9 — 1(a)) and was sentenced to a term of 25 years. On appeal, defendant contends that (1) the trial court erred in instructing the jury on the law of accountability; (2) the State misstated the evidence and the law of accountability during its closing argument, depriving defendant of a fair trial; (3) the State failed to prove that defendant had the requisite “concurrent, specific” intent to commit murder; (4) the trial court erred in admitting…