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PEOPLE v. ELIASON

No. 82-710.

117 Ill. App.3d 683 (1983)

453 N.E.2d 908

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JAMES M. ELIASON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed August 30, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Robinson, of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellant.

Robert J. Morrow, State's Attorney, of Geneva (Phyllis J. Perko and Judith M. Pietrucha, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE HOPF delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was convicted of murder following a jury trial in the circuit court of Kane County in violation of section 9-1(a)(1) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)(1)). He was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment. On appeal he contends that: (1) the State did not sustain its burden of disproving self-defense beyond a reasonable doubt; (2) the trial court...

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