PEOPLE v. HEATON

No. 2-92-0634.

631 N.E.2d 247 (1994)

256 Ill. App.3d 251

197 Ill.Dec. 244

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Patrick W. HEATON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

February 4, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender, Paul J. Glaser, Office of State Appellate Defender, Elgin, for Patrick W. Heaton.

James E. Ryan, Du Page County State's Atty., William L. Browers, Deputy Director, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Robert J. Biderman, Leslie A. Hairston, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, for People.


Justice COLWELL delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Du Page County, defendant, Patrick Heaton, was found guilty of second-degree murder. (Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 38, par. 9-2(a)(2) (now 720 ILCS 5/9-2(a)(2) (West 1992)).) The trial court imposed a sentence of 13 years of imprisonment. Defendant appeals, alleging that the trial court committed reversible error in instructing...

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