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PEOPLE v. STRAIN

No. 88007.

742 N.E.2d 315 (2000)

194 Ill.2d 467

252 Ill.Dec. 65

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Terrance STRAIN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied January 29, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (William L. Browers, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, and Renee Goldfarb, Jean T. McGuire, Kenneth T. McCurry and Alan J, Spellberg, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, and Christopher W. Buckley, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for appellee.

Justice FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury convicted defendant, Terrance Strain, of two counts of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(1), (a)(2) (West 1992)) in connection with the death of Geary Dow. Subsequently, the trial court sentenced defendant to concurrent prison terms of 45 years for each count of first degree murder. The appellate court reversed defendant's conviction and remanded for a new trial because it found that the trial court committed...

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