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PEOPLE v. ECKHARDT

No. 2-85-0921.

156 Ill. App.3d 1077 (1987)

509 N.E.2d 1361

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOYCE ECKHARDT, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Rehearing denied July 24, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller and Kim M. DeWitt, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellant.

Philip L. DiMarzio, State's Attorney, of Sycamore (William L. Browers and Cynthia N. Schneider, both of State's Attorney Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE UNVERZAGT delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Joyce Eckhardt, appeals for the second time her conviction for the murder of her husband, Harold (Vern) Eckhardt. Her first appeal resulted in reversal and remand for a new trial when we determined the prosecutor's misstatement of law regarding the insanity defense during closing argument was plain error which deprived her of a fair trial. People v. Eckhardt (1984...

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