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PEOPLE v. PURSLEY

No. 2-94-0961.

672 N.E.2d 1249 (1996)

284 Ill. App.3d 597

220 Ill.Dec. 237

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Patrick A. PURSLEY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Rehearing Denied December 9, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender, Barbara R. Paschen, Office of the State Appellate Defender (court-appointed), Elgin, Daniel M. Kirwan, Deputy Defender, Office of State Appellate Defender, Mt. Vernon, Lawrence J. O'Neill, Office of the State Appellate Defender (court-appointed), Mt. Vernon, for Patrick A. Pursley.

Paul A. Logli, Winnebago County State's Attorney, Rockford, William L. Browers, David A. Bernhard, State's Attorney, Appellate Prosecutors, Elgin, for appellee.

Justice COLWELL delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Patrick Pursley, appeals his conviction of first degree murder. Pursley contends (1) the State did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he committed murder; (2) prejudicial and irrelevant evidence was improperly admitted; (3) the prosecutor engaged in purposeful misconduct in his opening statement; (4) the court failed to determine the voluntariness of a prior inconsistent statement; and (5) his sentence...

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