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PEOPLE v. ERICKSON

No. 59058.

117 Ill.2d 271 (1987)

513 N.E.2d 367

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. PAUL S. ERICKSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Modified on denial of rehearing October 5, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender, of Elgin, and Theodore A. Gottfried, State Appellate Defender, of Springfield (Kyle Wesendorf, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellant.

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., Kevin Sweeney and Lynn M. Egan, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Paul Erickson, was charged by information filed in the circuit court of Cook County with the murder of Elizabeth Launer. The information contained additional charges stemming from the incident, for a total of 10 counts. Count one of the information charged intentional murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)(1)); count two charged...

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