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PEOPLE v. DESPAIN

No. 80-235.

102 Ill. App.3d 1063 (1981)

430 N.E.2d 228

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LEROY DESPAIN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed December 17, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Robinson and David S. Morris, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellant.

Dallas C. Ingemunson, State's Attorney, of Yorkville (Phyllis J. Perko and Marshall Stevens, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE SEIDENFELD delivered the opinion of the court:

Leroy Despain was convicted of murder, following a jury trial, and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. He appeals, contending only that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

Defendant argues that the State's evidence is entirely circumstantial, both as to the criminal agency and as to defendant's involvement in the death of Margaret Lawton; and that the...

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