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PEOPLE v. HAWKINS

No. 1-96-4058.

696 N.E.2d 16 (1998)

296 Ill. App.3d 830

231 Ill.Dec. 287

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ronald HAWKINS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

Rehearing Denied June 17, 1998.

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 Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, James E. Fitzgerald, Michele I. Lavin, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Presiding Justice CERDA delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, defendant, Ronald Hawkins, was convicted of the first-degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(1) (West 1994)) of Ernest Green and sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment. On appeal, defendant asserts that (1) he was denied the right to present a defense; and (2) he was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. For the following reasons, we reduce the conviction to second-degree murder and...

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