PEOPLE v. ILLGEN

No. 71151.

583 N.E.2d 515 (1991)

145 Ill.2d 353

164 Ill.Dec. 599

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Eric James ILLGEN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

November 21, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan and Roland W. Burris, Attys. Gen., Springfield, and Edward A. Burmila, Jr., State's Atty., Joliet (Rosalyn B. Kaplan, Sol. Gen., and Terence M. Madsen, Arleen C. Anderson and Margaret O'Connell, Asst. Attys. Gen., Chicago, and Kenneth R. Boyle, John X. Breslin, and Nancy Rink Carter, Office of the State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, of counsel), for the People.

Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, and Mark D. Fisher, Asst. Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, for appellee.


Justice BILANDIC delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Will County, the defendant, Eric James Illgen, was convicted of the murder of his wife, Linda, and was sentenced to a term of 30 years' imprisonment. The appellate court, with one justice dissenting, reversed the defendant's conviction and remanded the cause for a new trial. (204 Ill.App.3d 701, 149 Ill...

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