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  2. Murder in Illinois law - Wikipedia

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    Illinois has four different homicide crimes in total, with first-degree murder being the most serious offense. Illinois law defines first-degree murder as when a person intends to kill, intends to inflict great bodily harm, or knowingly engages in an act that has a strong probability of death or great bodily harm for another individual, causing a person's death. [2]

  3. Escobedo v. Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Escobedo v. Illinois, 378 U.S. 478 (1964), is a United States Supreme Court case holding that criminal suspects have a right to counsel during police interrogations under the Sixth Amendment. [1] The case was decided a year after the court had held in Gideon v. Wainwright that indigent criminal defendants have a right to be provided counsel at ...

  4. List of punishments for murder in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Murder, as defined in common law countries, is the unlawful killing of another human being with intent (or malice aforethought), and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide (such as manslaughter). As the loss of a human being inflicts an enormous amount of grief for individuals close to the victim ...

  5. Southern Illinois man sentenced to 85 years for murder ... - AOL

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    Tarr was sentenced to 25 years in prison for Reeves' murder and 10 years for the attempted murder of Smith. Both crimes carried 25-year firearm enhancements. ... An Illinois man will spend 85 ...

  6. James v. Illinois - Wikipedia

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    James v. Illinois, 493 U.S. 307 (1990), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court forbade the admission of evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment for the use of impeaching statements made by a defense witness.

  7. Central Illinois man faces attempted murder charge in beating ...

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    Central Illinois man faces attempted murder charge in beating, police say. Gannett. Zach Roth, Peoria Journal Star. March 15, 2024 at 12:20 PM.

  8. Felony murder rule - Wikipedia

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    The rule of felony murder is a legal doctrine in some common law jurisdictions that broadens the crime of murder: when someone is killed (regardless of intent to kill) in the commission of a dangerous or enumerated crime (called a felony in some jurisdictions), the offender, and also the offender's accomplices or co-conspirators, may be found guilty of murder.

  9. Illinois man rejects deal to plead guilty to 7 murder charges ...

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    Prosecutors initially charged Crimo with 21 counts of first-degree murder — three counts for each person killed — as well as 48 counts of attempted murder and 48 counts of aggravated battery.