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PEOPLE v. CASTILLO

No. 1-97-0495.

698 N.E.2d 604 (1998)

298 Ill. App.3d 839

232 Ill.Dec. 513

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose CASTILLO, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

Rehearing Denied August 21, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender; Amy L. Yindrick, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for Defendant-Appellant.

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

Justice THEIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Jose Castillo, was charged by information with two counts of murder and one count of armed violence (Ill.Rev.Stat. 1983, ch. 38, pars. 9-1(a)(1), (a)(2), 33A-2) for the death of David Flores, which occurred on May 11, 1986. Defendant fled Illinois and was extradited from Texas in 1995. Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of murder. The court sentenced defendant to 27 years' imprisonment, with...

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