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PEOPLE v. NELSON

No. 1-06-3522.

880 N.E.2d 1096 (2007)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Byron NELSON, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

December 14, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (James Fitzgerald, Marie Quinlivan Czech and Joseph D. Cook, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Frank J. Himel, for Defendant-Appellee.

Presiding Justice McBRIDE delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Byron Nelson was charged with six counts of first degree murder in the January 2002 death of Cornelius Buchanan. On July 30, 2006, following jury selection, the State asked the trial court to grant use immunity to codefendants Corey Hodges and Jerome Weathers. The trial court denied the State's motion and found that it could not compel Hodges and Weathers to testify against defendant because each...

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