People v. Lake

Defendant Lemont Lake and codefendants Jermail Lake, Allen Duncan and Tineshea Lake were charged by indictment with two counts of first degree murder in the shooting death of Alvin Gilmore. After a jury trial, Lemont was found guilty and sentenced to 45 years’ imprisonment.

On appeal Lemont contends that: (1) he was denied effective assistance of counsel because his attorney failed to submit an instruction defining the term “recklessness” along with the instructions for involuntary manslaughter to the jury and submitted the incorrect version of Illinois Pattern Jury Instructions, Criminal, No.…