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PEOPLE v. PHILLIPS

No. 64506.

127 Ill.2d 499 (1989)

538 N.E.2d 500

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. JOHN PAUL PHILLIPS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 26, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender and James E. Chadd, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Springfield, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Robert J. Ruiz, Solicitor General, and Terence M. Madsen and Richard S. London, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel, and Jean Cocozza, law student), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, John Paul Phillips, was indicted on April 8, 1986, by a Jackson County grand jury on five counts for the November 11, 1981, murder of Joan Weatherall. Count I charged that the defendant committed murder with the intent to kill the victim (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)(1)); count II charged that the defendant committed...

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