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PEOPLE v. WHEELER

No. 4-97-0037.

701 N.E.2d 178 (1998)

299 Ill. App.3d 245

233 Ill.Dec. 535

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Chad E. WHEELER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Decided September 28, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas, Deputy Defender, Duane E. Schuster, Asst. Defender (argued), Office of State Appellate Defender, Springfield, for Chad E. Wheeler.

Charles G. Reynard, State's Atty., Bloomington, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Robert J. Biderman, Deputy Director, David E. Mannchen, Staff Atty. (argued), State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, for the People.

Justice GREEN delivered the opinion of the court:.

After a trial by jury in the circuit court of McLean County, defendant Chad E. Wheeler was convicted in November 1996 of one count of first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a) (West Supp.1995)) and two counts of aggravated battery to a child (720 ILCS 5/12-4.3(a) (West 1996)). The victim of these offenses was defendant's impaired three-month-old son, Levi Michael Wheeler. The court vacated the aggravated battery conviction...

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