Presiding Justice McNAMARA delivered the opinion of the court:
Following a jury trial, defendant Alex Cooper, also known as Alex Malone, was found guilty as accountable for armed violence and first degree murder of Sammy Hatcher, and was sentenced to 27 years in prison. Defendant raises the following issues on appeal: (1) involuntariness of postarrest statements; (2) denial of his sixth amendment right to confrontation; (3) the trial court improperly allowed speculative...
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