Legal Opinion
People v. Johnson
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided September 8, 2008No. 1-06-0833 RelPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE ROBERT E. GORDON
delivered the opinion of the court:
On September 23, 2005, a jury found defendant Terrance Johnson guilty of both the first-degree murder of Zhontele Payne and the aggravated battery with a firearm of James Williams; and the jury also acquitted defendant of the attempted murder of Williams. The charges arose out of a drive-by shooting on July 18, 2001, involving rival gangs. On March 2, 2006, the trial court sentenced defendant to consecutive terms of 45 years for the murder and 6 years for the aggravated battery.
On appeal, defendant makes six claims: (1) the…
2Cases cited58 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Edwards v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Davis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- People v. AlbaneseIllinois Supreme Court · 1984
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3Cited by11 opinions
- People v. JohnsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 2008
- People v. WheelerAppellate Court of Illinois · 2009
- People v. WhiteAppellate Court of Illinois · 2011
- People v. MelecioAppellate Court of Illinois · 2017
- People v. Rebollar-VergaraAppellate Court of Illinois · 2019
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