PEOPLE v. HUCKSTEAD

No. 55506.

91 Ill.2d 536 (1982)

440 N.E.2d 1248

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. RONALD C. HUCKSTEAD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied October 1, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, and Gary R. Peterson, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Springfield, for appellant.

Tyrone C. Fahner, Attorney General, of Springfield (Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., and Val Gunnarsson, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

On September 18, 1980, defendant, Ronald Huckstead, was convicted of murder following a jury trial in the circuit court of Coles County, and sentenced to a term of 25 years' imprisonment. A divided appellate court affirmed. 98 Ill.App.3d 1206 (Rule 23 order).

The issues presented are: (1) Did the trial court's failure to give Illinois Pattern Jury Instruction (IPI), Criminal, No....

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