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PEOPLE v. GEORGAKAPOULOS

No. 1-97-2537.

708 N.E.2d 1196 (1999)

303 Ill. App.3d 1001

237 Ill.Dec. 156

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sotirios GEORGAKAPOULOS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

Rehearing Denied April 14, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender; Michael H. Orenstein, Asst. Appellate Defender, Chicago, for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, States Atty., Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Alan J. Spellberg, Romano D. DiBenedetto, of counsel), for Appellee.

Presiding Justice GORDON delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial, the defendant, Sotirios Georgakapoulos, was found guilty of the first degree murder of Jacobo Lozada. He was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment. On appeal he contends that the trial court erred by failing to exclude the decedent's hearsay statements and by barring defense counsel from impeaching a witness with past criminal conduct. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm defendant...

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