PEOPLE v. WHALEN

No. 74877.

634 N.E.2d 725 (1994)

158 Ill.2d 415

199 Ill.Dec. 672

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Donald J. WHALEN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

March 24, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George F. Taseff, Bloomington, for plaintiff.

Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen., Springfield, and Charles G. Reynard, State's Atty., Bloomington (Rosalyn B. Kaplan, Solicitor Gen., and Terence M. Madsen and Bradley P. Halloran, Asst. Attys. Gen., Chicago, and Norbert J. Goetten, Robert J. Biderman and David E. Mannchen, of the Office of the State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, of counsel), for the People.


Justice MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Donald Whalen, was convicted of first degree murder in a jury trial in McLean County and was sentenced to a term of 60 years' imprisonment for the offense. The appellate court affirmed the defendant's conviction and sentence. (238 Ill.App.3d 994, 178 Ill.Dec. 810, ...

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