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PEOPLE v. ARNETT

No. 5-88-0558.

577 N.E.2d 773 (1991)

217 Ill. App.3d 626

160 Ill.Dec. 448

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gene H. ARNETT, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied September 25, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kirwan, Deputy Defender, Michelle A. Zalisko, Asst. Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Mt. Vernon, for defendant-appellant.

William Haine, State's Atty., Edwardsville, Kenneth R. Boyle, Director, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director, Gerry R. Arnold, Staff Atty., Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, for plaintiff-appellee.

Justice HOWERTON delivered the opinion of the court:

A Madison County jury convicted Gene Arnett, defendant, of first-degree murder for the Interstate 270 shotgun shooting of Todd Scrum. He was sentenced to forty years' imprisonment.

Defendant, while riding as a passenger in his own car, fired a shotgun out of the passenger window and hit Scrum who was driving alongside defendant on Interstate 270.

Four days after the shooting, while investigating...

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