Justice LINN delivered the opinion of the court:
Defendant, Curtis Thomas, was convicted of second degree murder (Ill.Rev.Stat.1987, ch. 38, par. 9-2(a)(1)) following a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County. The trial judge sentenced defendant to the penitentiary for a term of 4 years.
On appeal, defendant attacks the constitutionality of the second degree murder statute, found in section 9-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill.Rev.Stat.1987, ch. 38...
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