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  Spring Valley man convicted of murder strikes out again on appeal. Written
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  by Tom Collins. This article is being read by an automated voice
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  brought to you by Everlett. A man convicted of a Spring Valley
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  murder struck out In
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  his newest bid for early release. Stephen A. Taliani, 63, was convicted
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  of the 1994 murder of Francie Wolfe and for the shooting and
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  wounding of her mother. He was sentenced to one hundred years. In
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  his latest argument. Taliani argued that the Bureau County State's Attorney's Office
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  had a duty to seek reduction to Taliani prison sentence as required
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  under the Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct of 2010. In a Friday
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  ruling, the Third District Appellate Court unanimously rejected Tilliani's argument. Tilyani remained
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  scheduled for release in 2042 when he would be nearly eighty years
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  of age. Tilyani has now been denied by the appeals court no
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  fewer than six times. This latest bid dates back to february tenth,
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  twenty twenty five, when Taliani argued his sentence no longer advanced the
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  interest of Justice and state’s attorney Dane Anderson had a duty to
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  seek resentencing.
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  Last summer, however, Judge Michael C. Jance held a hearing and dismissed
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  Taliani complaint. Jance ruled that state's attorneys had the discretion as to
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  file a motion for resentencing and no continuing duty exists for a
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  state's attorney to investigate mitigating information that may warrant resentencing. Talliani
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  appealed. The appellate justices rejected his arguments and said the language Taliani
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  cited cannot be used to direct a public official to perform a
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  discretionary duty.