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PEOPLE v. EDWARDS

No. 1-87-2785.

577 N.E.2d 1250 (1991)

218 Ill. App.3d 184

160 Ill.Dec. 679

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eddie EDWARDS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

July 22, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago (Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, James Chadd, Asst. Appellate Defender, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Eddie Edwards, pro se.

Cook County State's Attorney's Office, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, William Pistorius, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Justice BUCKLEY delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury trial, defendant Eddie Edwards (defendant) was convicted of murder and sentenced to 20 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Defendant appeals his conviction on the grounds that he was (1) denied a fair trial because the prosecutor made an improper closing argument which shifted the burden of proof to defendant to prove his innocence, (2) denied...

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