Appellate Court of Illinois· 2/18/1994

People v. Smith

Citations

630 N.E.2d 1068
258 Ill. App. 3d 1003
196 Ill. Dec. 903
1994 Ill. App. LEXIS 211

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noting that among the jury traits that may justify a peremptory challenge is the prospective juror’s “arrest record”
finding that an intent to kill can be inferred from \firing a gun at a person because the natural tendency of such an act is to destroy another's life\
finding that -7- an intent to kill can be inferred from “firing a gun at a person because the natural tendency of such an act is to destroy another’s life”
affirming exclusion of a veniremember “because of her age and because she lived on the south side of the city, where the crime occurred” as race-neutral
“Information leading to the arrest of the defendant has been considered reliable where that information was supplied by the victim of the crime or an eyewitness to it.”
“[t]he intent to murder can be inferred from the act of firing a gun at a person because the natural tendency of such an act is to destroy another’s life”

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