PEOPLE v. COLLINS

No. 82-2193.

127 Ill. App.3d 236 (1984)

468 N.E.2d 1343

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WAYON COLLINS, Defendant-Appellant.

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

Opinion filed September 7, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Clark and Gordon H. Berry, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Michael E. Shabat, Kevin Sweeney, and Harry J. Devereux, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE MEJDA delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Wayon Collins, appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of two counts of murder and from a sentence of natural life imprisonment. Defendant contends that the prosecutors made prejudicial closing arguments to the jury which require a new trial. Defendant also contends in his brief that the trial court erred in concluding that a life sentence...

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