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PEOPLE v. RUTLEDGE

No. 3-89-0733.

570 N.E.2d 563 (1991)

212 Ill. App.3d 31

156 Ill.Dec. 87

PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Steven L. RUTLEDGE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

March 21, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph N. Ehmann (argued), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, for Steven L. Rutledge.

Nancy Rink Carter (argued), State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, William Poncin, State's Atty., Macomb, for the People.

Justice McCUSKEY delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Steven L. Rutledge, was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to a seventy-year term of imprisonment. The defendant appeals his conviction. We affirm.

The defendant was charged with first degree murder and felony murder. The State alleged he intentionally strangled Margaret Ellis to death without lawful justification while committing a robbery. It was believed the defendant could...

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