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PEOPLE v. TOPPS

No. 1-95-4339.

687 N.E.2d 106 (1997)

293 Ill. App.3d 39

227 Ill.Dec. 183

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles TOPPS Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

October 29, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of the State Appellate Defender, James Geis Law Office, Chicago, for Defendant-Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Alan J. Spellberg, Scott A. Herbert, Assistant State's Attorneys, for counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Presiding Justice COUSINS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Charles Topps, was convicted in a jury trial of aggravated arson and two counts of first degree murder on October 20, 1995. Defendant was sentenced to the Illinois Department of Corrections for natural life for the murders and 30 years' imprisonment, to run concurrently, for aggravated arson. On appeal, defendant argues that: (1) plain error occurred when the jury heard hearsay evidence and argument...

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