Justice MCNULTY delivered the opinion of the court:
A jury found defendant, Francisco Mena, guilty of first degree murder. The trial court found that defendant committed the murder with exceptional brutality and on that basis the court imposed an extended-term sentence. On appeal defendant contends that the trial court erred by refusing to instruct the jury on second degree murder and prosecutorial misconduct deprived him of a fair trial. We reject both arguments...
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