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PEOPLE v. JETT

No. 2-01-1382.

793 N.E.2d 214 (2003)

341 Ill. App.3d 200

275 Ill.Dec. 734

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Artarius JETT, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

July 3, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender, and Kim M. DeWitt (Court-appointed), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, for Artarius Jett.

Joseph E. Birkett, Du Page County State's Attorney, Wheaton, Martin P. Moltz, Deputy Director, Diane L. Campbell, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, for the People.

Justice BOWMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury convicted defendant, Artarius Jett, of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a) (West 2000)). Defendant received a sentence of natural life in prison. On appeal, defendant challenges the charging instrument and the jury instructions, arguing that they improperly included, as an element of first degree murder, "that the offense was accompanied by exceptionally brutal or heinous behavior indicative of wanton cruelty...

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