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PEOPLE v. McCOLLUM

No. 3-91-0314.

607 N.E.2d 240 (1992)

239 Ill. App.3d 593

180 Ill.Dec. 346

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Randy Roy McCOLLUM, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

As Corrected February 18, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter A. Carusona, Office of State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, Stephen B. Morris, Trial Counsel, Hamilton, for Randy Ray McCollum.

John X. Breslin, Deputy Director, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, Samuel Naylor, VI, State's Atty., Carthage, Jay P. Hoffmann, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, for the People.

Justice HAASE delivered the opinion of the court.

A jury found the defendant, Randy Roy McCollum, guilty of murder (Ill.Rev.Stat. 1991, ch. 38, par. 9-1). He was thereafter sentenced to 60 years of imprisonment. He appeals. We reverse the conviction and remand the cause for a new trial.

The record shows that the body of the victim, Lloyd Mecum, was found inside his home at 8:30 a.m. on July 25, 1990. An autopsy...

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