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PEOPLE v. TOPPS

No. 1-98-3344.

723 N.E.2d 331 (1999)

309 Ill. App.3d 813

243 Ill.Dec. 299

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

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

Rehearing Denied January 20, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, Chicago (Kenneth L. Jones, Assistant Appellate Defender, of counsel), for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Janet Powers Doyle and Ljubica D. Popovic, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Appellee.

Presiding Justice COUSINS delivered the opinion of the court.

A jury convicted the defendant of one count of aggravated arson and two counts of first degree murder. The trial court sentenced him to 30 years' incarceration in the Illinois Department of Corrections for the arson and imposed the mandatory sentence of natural life for the two murders. The defendant appealed to this court alleging various errors by the trial court as well as ineffective assistance of counsel...

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