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- Title: People State Illinois v. Robert Thomas
- Author : First District, Fourth Division Appellate Court of Illinois
- Release Date : January 29, 1994
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 76 KB
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PRESIDING JUSTICE HOFFMAN delivered the opinion of the court: The defendant, Robert Thomas, appeals from a jury's verdict convicting him of two counts of first degree murder, two counts
of theft, and one count of aggravated possession of a stolen motor vehicle. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, pars. 9-1(a)(2),
16-1(a)(1); ch. 95 1/2, par. 4-103.2(7).) We consider: (1) whether it was clearly erroneous for the trial Judge to find that
the State did not discriminate on the basis of race when it exercised its peremptory challenges during jury selection; (2)
whether the State's closing argument appealed to the jury's passion and prejudice and misstated the law; (3) whether it was
plain error to give the jury the concluding jury instruction which was a modified pattern instruction and the first degree
murder issues instruction; and (4) whether the State presented sufficient evidence to convict the defendant of first degree
murder beyond a reasonable doubt. For the following reasons, we affirm.
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