Presiding Justice MURRAY delivered the opinion of the court:
After a bench trial, defendant Jonah Lawrence (Lawrence) was convicted for the murder of Rosa Hopkins and for the concealment of her homicidal death. (Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 38, pars. 9-1(a)(1), (2); 9-3.1(a).) He was given a sentence of 25 years' imprisonment in the Illinois Department of Corrections for the murder conviction and a concurrent sentence of 5 years' imprisonment for the concealment conviction...
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