People v. Rojas Corrected opinion posted 9/21/05

FIRST DIVISION

August 15, 2005

No. 1-03-3196

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Appeal from the) Circuit Court of

Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Cook County.)

v. ) No. 00 CR 18290 )

JOSE ROJAS, ) Honorable) Colleen McSweeney Moore,

Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge Presiding.

Defendant, Jose Rojas, appeals from his convictions for first degree murder by personally discharging a firearm and first degree murder while armed with a firearm after a jury trial. He was tried with his codefendant Erik Ramirez before separate juries that were excused at those points necessary to protect them from duplicative or…