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PEOPLE v. BURTON

Nos. 1-99-3503, 1-99-3796.

788 N.E.2d 220 (2003)

338 Ill. App.3d 406

272 Ill.Dec. 916

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sharon BURTON and Leroy Locke, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

March 31, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defender, and Ann C. McCallister, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Chicago, for Sharon Burton.

Rita A. Fry, Public Defender of Cook County, Chicago (Allison Edwards, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for Leroy Locke.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Christine Cook and Clare Wesolik Connolly, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Appellee.

Justice CAHILL delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants Sharon Burton and Leroy Locke were convicted of first-degree murder for the death of Burton's three-year-old daughter, Dominique Spencer. Defendants were tried jointly by separate juries. They were sentenced to natural life in prison. This court vacated its initial decision in this consolidated appeal, entered on July 23, 2002 (People v. Burton, Nos. 1...

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