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PEOPLE v. McCUMBER

No. 3-84-0076.

132 Ill. App.3d 339 (1985)

477 N.E.2d 525

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ROBERTA M. McCUMBER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed April 12, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Agostinelli and Peter A. Carusona, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Ottawa, for appellant.

John A. Barra, State's Attorney, of Peoria (John X. Breslin and Terry A. Mertel, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Colleen K. Connell, of The Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU, Inc., and Lucy J. Karl, of Sachnoff, Weaver & Rubinstein, both of Chicago, and Marsha Levick, of NOW Legal Defense & Education Fund, of New York, New York, for amici curiae.

Affirmed in part, and reversed in part and remanded.

JUSTICE SCOTT delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Roberta M. McCumber, was charged in a multi-count indictment with murder, concealment of a homicidal death and obstructing justice. The indictment essentially alleged that the defendant shot and killed Jeffrey Williams and concealed his body. Following a change of venue from Peoria County to Du Page County, the cause proceeded to trial before...

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