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PEOPLE v. RATZKE

No. 2-91-1440.

625 N.E.2d 1004 (1993)

253 Ill. App.3d 1054

192 Ill.Dec. 849

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles A. RATZKE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

December 21, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Joseph Weller, Deputy Defender, Steven E. Wiltgen (argued), Office of the State Appellate Defender, Elgin, for Charles A. Ratzke.

Michael J. Waller, Lake County State's Attorney, Waukegan, William L. Browers, Deputy Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Mary Beth Burns (argued), State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, for People.

Justice QUETSCH delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Lake County, defendant, Charles Ratzke, was convicted of first degree murder in connection with the death of Robert Snook. The trial court sentenced defendant to a term of natural-life imprisonment, finding that the murder was accompanied by exceptionally brutal or heinous behavior indicative of wanton cruelty and that the aggravating factor set forth in section 9-1...

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