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Appellate Court of Illinois· 9/16/2003

People v. Moore

Citations

  • 797 N.E.2d 217
  • 343 Ill. App. 3d 331
  • 277 Ill. Dec. 870
  • 2003 Ill. App. LEXIS 1165

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  • holding the trial court properly denied self-defense instruction where there was no evidence that the defendant acted under objectively reasonable belief that the threat presented by victim, with whom defendant had picked a fight, required the use of a handgun
  • upholding constitutionality of the 25-year enhancement for personally discharging a firearm that proximately caused great bodily harm or death during the commission of first degree murder
  • upholding constitutionality of the 25-year enhancement for personally discharging a firearm that proximately caused great bodily harm or death during the commission of first degree murder
  • addressing a proportionate penalties challenge to the 25-year firearm-enhancement provision with respect to murder under a different cross-comparison theory and concluding that a cross-comparison analysis was not applicable because of the different statutory purposes
  • addressing a proportionate penalties challenge to the 25-year firearm enhancement provision with respect to murder under a different cross-comparison theory and concluding that a cross-comparison analysis was not applicable because of the different statutory purposes
  • the standard of review in determining whether a trial court’s submission of a jury instruction was erroneous is abuse of discretion

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Judges: Byrne, Hutchinson, Bowman

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