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PEOPLE v. AXTELL

No. 2-15-0518.

2017 IL App (2d) 150518

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MICHAEL S. AXTELL, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Rehearing denied March 5, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , Thomas A. Lilien , and Vicki P. Kouros , of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellant.

Michael G. Nerheim , State's Attorney, of Waukegan ( Patrick Delfino , Lawrence M. Bauer , and Steven A. Rodgers , of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Justices Hutchinson and Spence concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION

¶ 1 After a bench trial, defendant, Michael S. Axtell, was convicted of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(2) (West 2012)) and sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment. On appeal, he contends, first, that his conviction must be reduced to involuntary...

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