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PEOPLE v. LINSCOTT

No. 62304.

114 Ill.2d 340 (1986)

500 N.E.2d 420

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. STEVEN PAUL LINSCOTT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Modified on denial of rehearing December 1, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Mark L. Rotert, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, and Joan S. Cherry, Thomas V. Gainer, Jr., and David A. Cuomo, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Thomas D. Decker and Richard H. McLeese, of Thomas D. Decker & Associates, Ltd., of Chicago, for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Steven Linscott, was charged with the rape and murder of Karen Anne Phillips, a 24-year-old student who lived near defendant. A Cook County jury found defendant guilty of murder but found him not guilty of rape. He was sentenced to 40 years' imprisonment. A majority of the appellate court reversed, finding that defendant was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. (

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