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PEOPLE v. RUSSELL

No. 3-08-0051.

947 N.E.2d 789 (2011)

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

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

March 14, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Schiedel (Court-appointed), Allen H. Andrews (argued), Office of the State Appellate Defender/Sup. Ct. Unit, for Victor Russell.

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

OPINION

Justice WRIGHT delivered the judgement of the court, with opinion.

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 to 50 years...

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