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PEOPLE v. MARTIN

No. 76596.

635 N.E.2d 391 (1992)

156 Ill.2d 563

200 Ill.Dec. 52

PEOPLE, State of Illinois, Respondent, v. William MARTIN, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

June 2, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita A. Fry, First Asst. Public Defender of Cook County (John T. Kennedy, Asst. Public Defender, of counsel), Chicago, for Louis Pierce.

Michael J. Pelletier, State Appellate Defender (Mitchell Katten, Asst. Appellate Defender, of counsel), Chicago, for Thomas Shanklin.

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty. of Cook County (Renee Goldfarb, Gael O'Brien, Asst. State's Attys., Christine Perille, Sp. Asst. State's Atty., of counsel), Chicago, for the People.

Justice TULLY delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a consolidated appeal by codefendants, Thomas Shanklin (Shanklin) and Louis Pierce (Pierce), who were convicted of murder (Ill.Rev.Stat.1983, ch. 38, par. 9-1). Shanklin was tried by a jury, while Pierce was tried simultaneously at a bench trial. Both defendants were sentenced by the trial judge to a term of 32 years' imprisonment. Both defendants argue, on appeal, that the sentence of 32 years' imprisonment...

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