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PEOPLE v. HASTINGS

No. 85-3574.

161 Ill. App.3d 714 (1987)

515 N.E.2d 260

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LEVESTER HASTINGS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Rehearing denied October 13, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Clark and Debra R. Salinger, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Thomas V. Gainer, Jr., Rimas F. Cernius, and Jeremy C. Schwartz, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE BILANDIC delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Levester Hastings, was convicted of murder after a bench trial and sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment in the Illinois Department of Corrections.

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