Court Opinion

ID: 9861084
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 23:40:46.835588+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:27:10.289928
License: Public Domain

JUSTICE NICKELS, also concurring in part and dissenting in part: With the exception of the first sentence (“I agree with the majority that we should vacate defendant’s convictions for armed robbery and felony murder”), I join the partial concurrence and partial dissent of Justice Harrison. For the reasons set forth in my dissent in People v. Dennis, 181 Ill. 2d 87, 110 (1998) (Nickels, J., dissenting), I would affirm defendant’s convictions for armed robbery and felony murder. The evidence that defendant assisted Elton Williams in his immediate escape from the armed robbery of William Chaney is sufficient to sustain his convictions for those offenses under the principle of accountability.