People v. Jaimes

*964 ¶ 1 Following a jury trial, defendant, Dennis Jaimes, was convicted of first degree murder but acquitted of aggravated discharge of a firearm. The jury also found that the State failed to prove that defendant personally discharged a firearm that caused death. The trial court subsequently sentenced him to 30 years' imprisonment. On appeal, defendant contends that (1) when the jury submitted multiple notes during its deliberations, in which he asserts the jury asked whether it could find *965 *507 him guilty under a theory of accountability despite not being instructed on that theory of guilt, the…