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PEOPLE v. CLARK

No. 3-87-0271.

165 Ill. App.3d 210 (1988)

518 N.E.2d 763

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CLAY SCOTT CLARK, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed January 12, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter A. Carusona, of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Ottawa, for appellant.

Edward Petka, State's Attorney, of Joliet (Howard R. Wertz, of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE STOUDER delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury convicted the defendant, Clay Scott Clark, of murder. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a).) The court sentenced him to a 26-year term of imprisonment. The defendant appeals, arguing: (1) that the State failed to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; (2) that the court erroneously failed to instruct the jury sua sponte on voluntary manslaughter; and (3) that the...

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