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PEOPLE v. MERAS

No. 1-94-1449.

671 N.E.2d 746 (1996)

284 Ill. App.3d 157

219 Ill.Dec. 579

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Demaso MERAS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

Rehearing Denied October 21, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen T. Zelliner & Associates, Naperville, for Appellant (Kathleen T. Zellner and Douglas H. Johnson, of counsel).

Jack O'Malley, State's Attorney, County of Cook, Chicago, for Appellee (Renee Goldfarb, Veronica X. Calderon and McRay Judge II, of counsel).

Justice CERDA delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, defendant, Demaso Meras, was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a) (West 1992)) and sentenced to 45 years' imprisonment. On appeal, he asserts that (1) the trial court erred in admitting the victim's dying statement to his brother as an excited utterance; (2) he was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; (3) the indictment was fatally defective because the...

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