People v. Ealy

Defendant (age 19 at time of offense) and a codefendant were convicted of murder in the shooting death of a taxi driver. Evidence was sufficient to convict Defendant of 1st degree murder. Defendant and his codefendant confronted the victim together, and codefendant shot victim but Defendant did nothing to stop the shooting and did not dissociate himself from the shooting after the fact. Evidence supported inference that Defendant was acting pursuant to a common criminal design with codefendant.Sentence of 38 years was not excessive. (LAVIN and PUCINSKI, concurring.)