MODIFIED ON DENIAL OF REHEARING
Presiding Justice CERDA delivered the opinion of the court:
After a bench trial, defendant, Everett Brown, was convicted of two counts of second degree murder (Ill.Rev.Stat.1987, ch. 38, par. 9-2) and sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment. On appeal, defendant asserts that (1) the second degree murder statute is unconstitutional because it shifts the burden of proving an element...
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