PEOPLE v. PETRUSEL

No. 1-90-0840.

606 N.E.2d 547 (1992)

238 Ill. App.3d 683

179 Ill.Dec. 715

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Aurel PETRUSEL, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

November 23, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of the Public Defender County of Cook, Chicago (James S. Jacobs, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

John M. O'Malley, State's Atty., County of Cook, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Linda Woloshin, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant Aurel Petrusel was convicted of the shooting murder of Ionel Busta and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. (See Ill.Rev.Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a).) Defendant appeals his conviction and sentence, alleging: (1) the State failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he committed first degree murder; rather, the evidence only proved voluntary manslaughter; and (2) prosecutorial...

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