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PEOPLE v. LEAK

No. 1-07-3374.

925 N.E.2d 264 (2010)

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edward LEAK, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

February 26, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anita Alvarez, Cook County State's Attorney, Chicago (James E. Fitzgerald, Matthew Connors and Cristin Duffy, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Douglas H. Johnson, Naperville, and Nicholas M. Curran of Kathleen T. Zellner & Associates, Naperville, for Defendant-Appellant.

Justice McBRIDE delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant, Edward Leak, Jr., was found guilty of first degree murder and of having procured another to commit that murder for money. Defendant was subsequently sentenced to a term of 75 years' imprisonment. On appeal, defendant contends that: (1) the State failed to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; (2) the trial court erred by failing to declare a mistrial when an

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