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PEOPLE v. BUSHMAN

No. 4-85-0719.

144 Ill. App.3d 1022 (1986)

495 N.E.2d 119

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ERNIE E. BUSHMAN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed June 25, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas and Karen Munoz, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Thomas J. Difanis, State's Attorney, of Urbana (Kenneth R. Boyle and Robert J. Biderman, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE MORTHLAND delivered the opinion of the court:

A Champaign County jury found the defendant guilty of murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)(2)), and the trial court sentenced him to 20 years' incarceration. We affirm.

The 24-year-old, mentally-retarded defendant was caring for 18-month-old Christopher Owen when the child stopped breathing. The defendant had lived...

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