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PEOPLE v. CARROLL

No. 4-94-0307.

663 N.E.2d 458 (1996)

278 Ill. App.3d 464

215 Ill.Dec. 447

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Scott A. CARROLL, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied April 22, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender and Janieen R. Tarrance, Asst. Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for Scott A. Carroll.

Charles Colburn, State's Attorney, Jacksonville, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director, and Denise M. Ambrose, Senior Staff Atty., State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, for the People.

Presiding Justice COOK delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant Scott A. Carroll was convicted of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(2), (a)(3) (West 1992)) and sentenced to 60 years' imprisonment. Defendant appeals, contending he was denied a fair trial because the prosecutor improperly defined reasonable doubt during closing argument. We affirm.

At trial, Keith Wilson testified that around 8:45 p.m. on August 28, 1993, he...

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