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PEOPLE v. NITZ

No. 67911.

572 N.E.2d 895 (1991)

143 Ill.2d 82

157 Ill.Dec. 431

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Richard NITZ, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied June 3, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for appellant.

Neil F. Hartigan, Atty. Gen., Springfield (Robert J. Ruiz, Sol. Gen., and Terence M. Madsen and Douglas K. Smith, Asst. Attys. Gen., of counsel), for the People.

Justice CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

In the early morning hours of April 10, 1988, a group of young men and women camping in a rural area of southern Illinois known as Rocky Comfort discovered an abandoned car with a burned interior. While the campers were vandalizing the car, the trunk popped open and the headless body of a white male fell to the ground. The campers immediately notified the police, who positively identified the body as Michael Miley...

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