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PEOPLE v. JONES

No. 84-0391.

140 Ill. App.3d 660 (1986)

488 N.E.2d 1363

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DONALD JONES, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed January 30, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth L. Jones and Steven Clark, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Fred L. Foreman, State's Attorney, of Waukegan (Phyllis J. Perko and Martin P. Moltz, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE SCHNAKE delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Donald Jones, was convicted at a bench trial of murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)(2)) and sentenced to a term of natural life imprisonment. He appeals, contending (1) that the conviction of murder should be reduced to involuntary manslaughter, (2) that the trial court improperly admitted hearsay and irrelevant evidence, and (3) that his sentence of natural life...

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