PEOPLE v. SOTO

No. 2-01-0119.

796 N.E.2d 690 (2003)

342 Ill. App.3d 1005

277 Ill.Dec. 604

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rene SOTO, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

September 2, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender, and Jack Hildebrand (Court-appointed), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, for Rene Soto.

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


Justice KAPALA delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Rene Soto, was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder (720 ILCS 5/5-1 (West 1996)) and was sentenced to natural life imprisonment without parole on each count. This court reversed defendant's conviction and remanded the cause for a new trial on both counts. See People v. Soto, 336 Ill.App.3d 238, 270 Ill.Dec. 507...

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