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PEOPLE v. GONZALEZ

No. 108778.

942 N.E.2d 1246 (2011)

239 Ill.2d 471

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Aurelia GONZALEZ, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

January 21, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan , Atty. Gen., of Springfield, and Anita Alvarez , State's Atty., of Chicago ( James E. Fitzgerald , Nancy Colletti , Alan J. Spellberg , Annette Collins , and Kathleen Warnick , Asst. State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Marc R. Kadish , Heather Lewis Donnell , Sarah Eileen Reynolds , Nicole J. Highland , Katrina Hochstetler and Aaron Chait , of Mayer Brown LLP, of Chicago, for appellee.

OPINION

Chief Justice KILBRIDE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

The issue in this appeal is whether the State proved beyond a reasonable doubt that defendant "secretly confined" the victim within the meaning of the aggravated kidnapping statute. See 720 ILCS 5/10-1(a)(1), 10-2(a)(2) (West 2006). Following a jury trial, the circuit court of Cook County convicted defendant of aggravated kidnapping. A majority of the appellate court

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