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PEOPLE v. SULLIVAN

No. 5-87-0361.

183 Ill. App.3d 175 (1989)

538 N.E.2d 1376

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHARLES BUDDY SULLIVAN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed May 18, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kirwan and Edwin J. Anderson, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, for appellant.

Charles Garnati, State's Attorney, of Marion (Kenneth R. Boyle, Stephen E. Norris, and Gerry R. Arnold, all of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE RARICK delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Charles "Buddy" Sullivan, was convicted after a jury trial of the murder of Ronald Hicks, defendant's next door neighbor and best friend, and sentenced by the circuit court of Williamson County to natural life imprisonment.

On July 2, 1985, Hicks disappeared. His body was found four months later next to a pond near an abandoned farmhouse in Williamson County. Hicks apparently...

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