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PEOPLE v. JACOBS

No. 71-134.

44 Ill. App.3d 290 (1976)

357 N.E.2d 821

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PHILLIP L. JACOBS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District (1st Division).

Opinion filed November 30, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Ruebner, J. Daniel Stewart, and Michael M. Mulder, all of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellant.

William V. Hopf, State's Attorney, of Wheaton, and Charles D. Sheehy, Jr., of Elgin (Malcolm F. Smith, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for the People.

Affirmed in part, and reversed in part and remanded.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GUILD delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Phillip L. Jacobs, was convicted by a jury for the murder of Jane Harding, his ex-fiance and sentenced to 45-65 years in prison.

Defendant has raised five issues for review in his brief and supplement thereto. The first issue raised is whether the trial court committed reversible error in failing to instruct the jury on...

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