· 2/19/1924
People ex rel. Porter v. Minnie Creek Drainage District
Citations
- 311 Ill. 228
- 142 N.E. 463
How courts have described this case
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- using the verbs “aid” 11 and “participate” and also giving the “mere presence” and “failure to oppose” instructions
- determining jury instruction correctly stated the law on accomplice liability; instruction did not explicitly state that jury had to determine Boney had the mens rea to commit murder, but the instruction, read as a whole, sufficiently informed the jury of the required mental state
- instruction not erroneous for failure to state specifically that defendant gave weapon to shooter with knowledge or intent it would be used to kill
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Judges: Cartwright
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