Justice JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the court:
After a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant, Brian Knade, was convicted of first degree murder (Ill.Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)(1)), and armed robbery (Ill.Rev.Stat.1987, ch. 38, par. 18-2(a)). He was subsequently sentenced to a 50-year term of imprisonment in the Illinois Department of Corrections for the murder conviction, and a 30-year term for the armed robbery conviction to be...
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