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Title: People v. Kokoraleis
Author : And Reversed In Part And Remanded Illinois Appellate Court Second District Affirmed In Part
Release Date : January 13, 1986
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 88 KB

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Rehearing denied December 30, 1986. Defendant, Thomas Kokoraleis, was charged by indictment with the murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 9-1(a)(1)) and rape (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 38, par. 11-1(a)) of Lorraine Borowski. At the conclusion of a nine-day jury trial, guilty verdicts were returned on both charges. Defendant appeals, raising five issues for review: (1) whether his statements to police officers were voluntary; (2) whether the trial court erred in excluding statements by two other men which failed to mention defendant's participation in the offense; (3) whether the State proved the corpus delicti of the rape offense; (4) whether the natural-life prison sentence for murder should be reduced; and (5) whether the extended-term sentence for rape is lawful. For reasons developed later in this opinion, we reverse defendant's murder conviction and remand that cause for a new trial. We reverse defendant's conviction for rape because the State failed to present evidence independent of defendant's confession tending to establish the commission of rape.