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PEOPLE v. KUNTU

No. 83279.

720 N.E.2d 1047 (1999)

188 Ill.2d 157

242 Ill.Dec. 92

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Julius S. KUNTU, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied November 29, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Hoffman, Asst. State Appellate Defender, Chicago, State Appellate Defender/SCU, Supreme Court Unit, Charles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender, Springfield, Marshall J. Hartman, Director, Chicago, for Julius S. Kuntu.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney Cook Co., Crim. Appeals Div., Jim Ryan, Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Div., William Toffenetti, Assistant State's Attorney, Chicago, for the People.

Justice RATHJE delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Julius Kuntu, was charged with 28 counts of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(2), (a)(3) (West 1998)), 14 counts of aggravated arson (720 ILCS 5/20-1.1(a) (West 1998)), and 1 count of arson (720 ILCS 5/20-1 (West 1998)). Subsequently, the State nol-prossed 14 counts of first degree murder, 11 counts of aggravated arson, and the arson count. A jury convicted defendant of seven counts of first degree...

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