People v. Lee

A jury convicted defendant Ivory Lee of the second degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9 — 2 (West 1998)) of Wile Trotter, aggravated battery with a firearm (720 ILCS 5/12 — 4.2 (West 1998)) of Wile Trotter, and aggravated battery with a firearm of Willis Trotter. On appeal, defendant argues that (1) the State failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he did not act in self-defense in shooting the Trotters, and (2) his conviction for the second degree murder of Wile must be vacated under the one-act, one-crime rule. We affirm in part and vacate in part.

I. BACKGROUND

During the night between…