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PEOPLE v. SANDERS

No. 3-04-0551.

857 N.E.2d 948 (2006)

PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donnell L. SANDERS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

November 6, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender (Court-appointed), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Ottawa, and Kenneth Hogan (Court-appointed) (argued), Galesburg, for Donnell L. Sanders.

Lawrence M. Bauer, Deputy Director, Rita Kennedy Mertel (argued), State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, Kevin W. Lyons, State's Attorney, Peoria, for the People.

Justice CARTER delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury trial, the defendant was convicted of first-degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(2) (West 1999)) and sentenced to 75 years' imprisonment. On direct appeal, the conviction was reversed and the case was remanded for a new trial. After a second jury trial, the defendant was again convicted of first degree murder and again sentenced to 75 years' imprisonment. The defendant appeals a second time. In this, the...

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