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PEOPLE v. WARD

No. 58104.

101 Ill.2d 443 (1984)

463 N.E.2d 696

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. JAMES WARD, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied June 4, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and John Baricevic, State's Attorney, of Belleville (Mark L. Rotert, James E. Fitzgerald, Michael B. Weinstein, and Jack Donatelli, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Stephen E. Norris and Debra A. Buchman, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Mt. Vernon, of counsel), for the People.

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, and Diana N. Cherry, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Springfield, for appellee.

Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, James Ward, was convicted of murder by a jury in the circuit court of St. Clair County for the beating death of a four-year-old boy and was sentenced to 25 years in the penitentiary. The appellate court reversed the conviction (112 Ill.App.3d 547), and we granted the State's petition for leave to appeal...

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