People v. Gorgis

PRESIDING JUSTICE SOUTH

delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal arises from defendant’s convictions for first degree murder and aggravated discharge of a firearm following a simultaneous, severed jury trial with codefendants Bretton Holman and Raul Negrete, who were both tried to the bench. Codefendant Holman was acquitted, while codefendant Negrete was convicted and sentenced to a 20-year prison term. Codefendant Negrete is not a party to this appeal. Defendant was sentenced to concurrent sentences of 40 years’ imprisonment for murder and 10 years’ imprisonment for aggravated discharge…