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PEOPLE v. LESTER

No. 2-85-0413.

145 Ill. App.3d 720 (1986)

495 N.E.2d 1278

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHESTER LESTER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Modified on denial of rehearing August 19, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller and Paul J. Glaser, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellant.

Robert Morrow, State's Attorney, of Geneva (Kenneth R. Boyle, of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, of Springfield, and William L. Browers and Martin P. Moltz, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor of Elgin, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE UNVERZAGT delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Chester Lester, was charged by indictment in the circuit court of Kane County with three counts of murder pursuant to section 9-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 38, pars. 9-1(a)(1), 9-1(a)(2)) following the September 29, 1984, death of four-year-old Jared Powell, the son of a woman with whom Lester lived. The defendant was found guilty of murder...

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