Appellate Court of Illinois July 25, 1995, 1-93-1315 (People v. Booker)

JUSTICE DiVITO

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant Derrick Booker was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment. Defendant did not deny killing the deceased. He claimed he did so in self-defense, a theory heavily dependent on establishing that he feared the deceased.