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PEOPLE v. BURNS

No. 4-85-0567.

144 Ill. App.3d 345 (1986)

494 N.E.2d 872

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ODELL L. BURNS, JR., Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed June 16, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas and Allen H. Andrews, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

J. William Roberts, State's Attorney, of Springfield (Kenneth R. Boyle, Robert J. Biderman, and Kenneth R. Baumgarten, all of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE MORTHLAND delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of murder in violation of section 9-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 9-1). He was sentenced to a 24-year term of imprisonment.

Defendant appeals, alleging four separate errors as grounds for reversal. However, three of these four points were not raised below by the defendant. Normally, a failure...

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