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PEOPLE v. BLANKLEY

No. 5-99-0837.

747 N.E.2d 16 (2001)

319 Ill. App.3d 996

254 Ill.Dec. 259

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John E. BLANKLEY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied April 18, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Kirwan, Deputy Defender, Lawrence J. O'Neill, Assistant Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Fifth Judicial District, Mt. Vernon, for Appellant.

John Knight, State's Attorney, Greenville; Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director, T. David Purcell, Staff Attorney, Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, for Appellee.

Justice HOPKINS delivered the opinion of the court:

On June 8, 1998, John Blankley (defendant) pled guilty to one count of first-degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(3) (West 1998)) and one count of concealment of homicidal death (720 ILCS 5/9-3.1(a) (West 1998)). Prior to sentencing, defendant filed a pro se motion to withdraw his guilty plea. At the sentencing hearing on August 26, 1999, before his sentences were imposed, defendant asked the court to consider...

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