PEOPLE v. RUSSELL

No. 3-08-0051.

921 N.E.2d 1 (2009)

395 Ill. App.3d 926

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Victor RUSSELL, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

November 18, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Schiedel, Office of State Appellate Defender, Allen H. Andrews (argued), Office of State Appellate Defender, Springfield, IL, for Appellant.

Terry A. Mertel, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Robert M. Hansen (argued), State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, IL, Kevin W. Lyons, State's Attorney, Peoria, IL, for Appellee.


Justice WRIGHT delivered the opinion of the court:

On December 19, 2006, the State charged defendant Victor Russell by indictment with four alternate counts of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(2) (West 2004)) alleging defendant, without legal justification, knowingly did acts that caused the death of Carla Spires. A jury found defendant guilty of first degree murder. On January 11, 2008, the court sentenced defendant...

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