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PEOPLE v. MEDDOWS

No. 80-187.

100 Ill. App.3d 576 (1981)

427 N.E.2d 219

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DUANE MEDDOWS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed September 22, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Reid and Brian D. Lewis, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, for appellant.

John Baricevic, State's Attorney, of Belleville (Gillum Ferguson and Raymond F. Buckley, Jr., both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE JONES delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury found the defendant, Duane Meddows, guilty of the murder of his father, Cletus Meddows, who died as a result of serious injuries sustained when dynamite exploded beneath him. The victim died on August 27, 1975. After having been found, first, fit and, later, unfit to stand trial, defendant was on February 1, 1977, once again found fit to stand trial. Thereafter the State brought...

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