PEOPLE v. SIMS

No. 5-90-0287.

612 N.E.2d 1011 (1993)

244 Ill. App.3d 966

184 Ill.Dec. 135

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Paula Marie SIMS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

May 4, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald E. Groshong, Williamson, Webster, Groshong, Moorman & Falb, Alton, for defendant-appellant.

William Haine, State's Atty., Madison County, Edwardsville, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director, Gerry R. Arnold, Staff Atty., Office of the State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice WILLIAM A. LEWIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was convicted by a jury of the offenses of murder (Ill.Rev.Stat.1989, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)), obstructing justice (two counts) (Ill.Rev.Stat.1989, ch. 38, par. 31-4(a)), and concealment of a homicidal death (Ill.Rev.Stat.1989, ch. 38, par. 9-3.1(a)). She appeals her convictions and her sentence of natural life without parole for the murder conviction. We affirm.

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