(Download) "People v. Skorusa" by Supreme Court of Illinois ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: People v. Skorusa
- Author : Supreme Court of Illinois
- Release Date : January 30, 1973
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 60 KB
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This case is a consolidation of an appeal from a murder conviction and an appeal from a ruling denying a petition for post-conviction relief. The appeal came directly to this court under the rule in effect at the time of defendant's conviction (43 Ill.2d R. 603). Stanislaw Skorusa was convicted in 1966 for the murder of his girl friend. The evidence of his guilt produced by the State was overwhelming. At the time of his arrest Skorusa was sitting in his automobile in a Chicago parking lot. The body of his girl friend was slumped on the seat beside him. She had been shot five times in the head with a .25-caliber pistol. Blood matching that of the victim was found in the front seat and on the front and rear floors of Skorusa's automobile. Subsequent to his arrest, a .25-caliber pistol was found near the site of the arrest. Ballistics tests established that the bullets found in the victim's head had been fired from the gun. Four shell casings matching the fatal bullets were found in Skorusa's car and a fifth was found in his wallet. At the time of his arrest Skorusa made the statement, Oh, boy, am I in trouble now. At trial the State established that Skorusa had requested permission to marry the victim but had been denied that permission by the victim's mother because the girl was only 16 years old.