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PEOPLE v. JACKSON

No. 1-96-1445.

689 N.E.2d 191 (1997)

293 Ill. App.3d 1009

228 Ill.Dec. 319

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Terry JACKSON a/k/a Cornell Weathers, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

December 18, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender of Cook County, Chicago (Evelyn G. Baniewicz, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Atty., County of Cook, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Alan J. Spellberg, Janet Powers Doyle, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Justice SOUTH delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant, Terry Jackson a/k/a Cornell Weathers, was found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to 30 years imprisonment. Jackson admitted that he performed the acts which caused the death of the deceased, Milton Collins. However, Jackson claimed that he took those actions in self-defense out of fear of Collins.

On appeal, Jackson argues that the court erred in precluding evidence...

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