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PEOPLE v. ARMSTRONG

No. 1-90-1924.

614 N.E.2d 427 (1993)

244 Ill. App.3d 545

185 Ill.Dec. 293

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

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

April 13, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty., County of Cook, Chicago, for appellee (Renee Goldfarb, Kenneth T. McCurry, and Donna C. Leak, of counsel).

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for appellant (Patricia Mysza, of counsel).

Justice DiVITO delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant Roy Armstrong was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to 25 years in the custody of the Department of Corrections. On appeal, defendant contends that (1) he was denied effective assistance of counsel; (2) his conviction should be reduced to second degree murder; and (3) he was denied a fair trial as a result of various instances of prosecutorial misconduct.

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