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PEOPLE v. ZOPH

No. 2-06-0015.

886 N.E.2d 425 (2008)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James E. ZOPH, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

March 28, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Lilien, Deputy Defender, and Jack Hildebrand (Court-appointed), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, for James E. Zoph.

Micahel J. Waller, Lake County State's Attorney, Waukegan, Lawrence M. Bauer, Deputy Director, Richard S. London, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, for the People.

Justice O'MALLEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Lake County, defendant, James E. Zoph, appeals his conviction of first-degree murder of a person 60 years of age or over by exceptionally brutal or heinous behavior indicative of wanton cruelty (720 ILCS 5/9-1(b)(16) (West 2004)). Defendant contends that he was deprived of a fair trial by a number of the prosecutor's remarks during rebuttal closing argument and by the...

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