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PEOPLE v. BURNOM

No. 1-01-1261.

790 N.E.2d 14 (2003)

338 Ill. App.3d 495

273 Ill.Dec. 872

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John BURNOM, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

Rehearing Denied May 6, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rick Halprin, of Chicago, for appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Annette N. Collins, and Susan R. Schierl Sullivan, Assitant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Presiding Justice SHEILA M. O'BRIEN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, John Burnom, appeals his jury conviction for first degree murder and attempted armed robbery, and his respective sentences of natural life in prison and a 15-year concurrent term. On appeal, defendant contends: (1) he is not guilty of first degree murder on the theory of accountability because the excessive force used by police officers operated as a superceding or intervening cause...

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