PEOPLE v. CALLAHAN

No. 4-99-1043.

778 N.E.2d 737 (2002)

334 Ill. App.3d 636

268 Ill.Dec. 471

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ricky E. CALLAHAN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

October 18, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender (Court-appointed), Lawrence J. Essig, Assistant Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for Ricky E. Callahan.

Mary Kirbach, State's Attorney, Jerseyville, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director, Kathy Shepard, Staff Attorney, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, for the People.


Justice KNECHT delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury convicted defendant, Ricky Callahan, of first degree murder and four counts of armed violence. The trial court sentenced him to a term of natural life imprisonment for the murder conviction and 30 years for each conviction for armed violence, to be served consecutively to each other and to the sentence of natural life. Defendant appeals, raising the following contentions: (1) the trial court erred in allowing...

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