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PEOPLE v. MATA

No. 99890.

842 N.E.2d 686 (2005)

217 Ill.2d 535

299 Ill.Dec. 649

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Bernina MATA, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

As Modified Upon Denial of Rehearing January 23, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Schiedel, Deputy Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Springfield, Alan Raphael, Chicago, for appellant.

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, James P. Hursh, State's Attorney, Belvidere (Gary Feinerman, Solicitor General, Linda D. Woloshin, and Colleen M. Griffin, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Justice KILBRIDE delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Bernina Mata, was convicted of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(2) (West 1998)), and sentenced to death. Defendant appealed directly to this court. 134 Ill.2d R. 603. While her appeal was pending, the Governor commuted her death sentence to natural life imprisonment. Thereafter, on our own motion, we issued an order transferring the appeal to the appellate court. The appellate court dismissed the...

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