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PEOPLE v. GRAHAM

No. 1-06-2871.

910 N.E.2d 1263 (2009)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leroy GRAHAM, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

June 30, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Peters, Chicago, IL, for Appellant.

Anita Alvarez, State's Attorney of Cook County (James E. Fitzgerald, Michelle Katz, Annette Collins, Rimas F. Cernius, and James A. Costello, of counsel), Chicago, IL, for Appellee.

Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Among the issues in this appeal from a murder conviction is a dispute about the relevant statutory speedy trial time frame and a claim that admission of a dying declaration violates the Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause.

A jury convicted defendant Leroy Graham of first degree murder and sentenced him to 52 years' imprisonment. On appeal, defendant contends: (1) he was denied his right to a speedy trial...

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