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PEOPLE v. MORALES

No. 1-97-4230.

719 N.E.2d 261 (1999)

308 Ill. App.3d 162

241 Ill.Dec. 400

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edward MORALES, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

September 30, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara C. Kamm, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for Appellant.

Renee Goldfarb, Joan F. Frazier, Assistant State's Attorneys, Chicago, for Appellee.

Justice BUCKLEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a joint jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, both defendant, Edward Morales, and his codefendant, Daniel Padilla, were convicted of two counts of murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1 (West 1992)) and sentenced to terms of natural life in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Previously, on direct appeal to this court, defendant, a Hispanic-American, contended that the State used its peremptory challenges...

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