PEOPLE v. JONES

No. 5-94-0813.

697 N.E.2d 457 (1998)

297 Ill. App.3d 688

231 Ill.Dec. 903

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edwin A. JONES, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

July 10, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen T. Zellner, Daniel W. Pisani, Kathleen T. Zellner & Associates, Naperville, for Defendant-Appellant.

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


Justice KUEHN delivered the opinion of the court.

Defendant took three wives. They wed into the Islamic faith. Defendant believed that the teachings of the Holy Koran empowered him to beat his wives. So he beat all three of them. Only two survived.

Defendant stands convicted by the circuit court of Jackson County sitting without a jury of first-degree murder, unlawful use of weapons by a felon, and two counts of aggravated battery. He was sentenced to natural...

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