Appellate Court of Illinois· 6/30/1995

People v. Peterson

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652 N.E.2d 1252
273 Ill. App. 3d 412
210 Ill. Dec. 276

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accountability requires proof that an accomplice in some way aided, encouraged, or incited a crime
accountability requires proof that an accomplice in some way aided, encouraged, or incited a crime
accountability requires proof that an accomplice in some way aided, encouraged, or incited a crime
“when the only evidence of self-defense is the defendant’s testimony, the trier of fact has discretion to accord that testimony less weight because of its self-serving character”
“We have found no case where, as in the case at bar, defendants who acted at cross purposes, spontaneously shooting at each other, were held accountable for each other’s conduct.”

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Judges: Scariano, Divito, McCormick

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