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PEOPLE v. MELKA

No. 1-98-1077.

744 N.E.2d 290 (2000)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thomas MELKA, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

Rehearing Denied March 13, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Stohr and William G. Engerman, of Chicago, for appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, County of Cook (Renee Goldfarb, James Fitzgerald, and Mary P. Needham, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.

Presiding Justice CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant Thomas Melka was found guilty of first degree murder, attempted first degree murder, aggravated battery with a firearm, home invasion and aggravated battery.1 Defendant was sentenced to natural life imprisonment for murder and consecutive prison terms of 45 years for attempted first degree murder and home...

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