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PEOPLE v. VINSON

No. 5-95-0475.

683 N.E.2d 451 (1997)

287 Ill. App.3d 819

225 Ill.Dec. 283

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James E. VINSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

April 22, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kirwan, Deputy Defender, Officer of the State Appellate Defender, Mt. Vernon, Donna Hickstein-Foley, Panel Attorney, Chicago, for Defendant-Appellant.

Michael Wepsiec, State's Attorney, Murphysboro, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director, Rebecca Sanders, Staff Attorney, Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Justice RARICK delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, James E. Vinson, was charged by information with three counts of first-degree murder in connection with the strangulation death of his girlfriend, Terry Spillers. Defendant pleaded guilty to one count and was sentenced by the circuit court of Jackson County to 40 years' imprisonment. Two weeks after being sentenced, defendant filed a pro se petition to...

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