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PEOPLE v. BURNS

No. 78-2019.

81 Ill. App.3d 860 (1980)

401 N.E.2d 1130

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PRINCE A. BURNS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed February 15, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Ruebner and Kenneth L. Jones, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago (Robert Habib, of counsel), for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Marcia B. Orr, Myra J. Brown, and Jeremiah W. Lynch, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

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

After a jury trial, defendant was convicted of murder and sentenced to not less than 20 years nor more than 40 years. He contends on appeal that (1) he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; and (2) he was denied a fair trial by comments of the State in closing argument which he asserts were unsupported by the evidence.

Rose Burns, wife of defendant, died...

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