Presiding Justice INGLIS delivered the opinion of the court:
A single parent of four young children was suddenly awakened in her bed at 4 a.m. on Sunday, September 3, 1989. Two men were in her dark bedroom, one standing right at her bedside. The closest man, whom the victim recognized as a 24-year-old next-door neighbor, covered her face with a pillow and allegedly said "[d]on't talk or we'll kill the kids." Both men then left.
Following a jury trial in May...
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