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Nicholas Sheley shakes hands with his defense attorney, Jeremy Karlin, after he was found guilty Thursday, May 29, 2014, in Rock Island, Ill., in the deaths in the deaths of 29-year-old Brock Branson; 20-year-old Kilynna Blake; her son, 2-year-old Dayan; and 25-year-old Kenneth Ulve in Rock Falls in June 2008. (AP Photo/Quad-City Times, Kevin E. Schmidt) MAGS OUT, TV OUT, NO SALES.
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Nicholas Sheley, left, speaks with his attorney Jeremy Karlin during a break in his murder trial Wednesday, May 28, 2014, in Rock Island, Ill. Sheley is on trial in the slayings of two men, a woman and a toddler who were beaten to death with a hammer in a Rock Falls apartment in June 2008. Their slayings are among eight that authorities say Sheley committed in Illinois and Missouri over seven days. (AP Photo/The Telegraph, Alex T. Paschal)
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Fourteenth Judicial Circuit Chief Judge Jeffrey W. O'Connor responds to an objection by defense attorney Jeremy Karlin during the third day of Nicholas Sheley's murder trial at the Rock Island County Justice Center on Wednesday, May 21, 2014, in Rock Island, Ill. Sheley is on trial for the June 2008 deaths of Brock Branson, 29, Kilynna Blake, 20, her 2-year-old son, Dayan, and Kenneth Ulve, 25, in Rock Falls. (AP Photo/The Dispatch, Paul Colletti, Pool)
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Thomas Merchie, a retired Illinois State Police crime scene analyst, testifies about the blood spatter analysis he conducted during the 2008 death investigation of Brock Branson, Kilynna Blake, Dayan Blake and Kenneth Ulve, during the murder trial of Nicholas Sheley in Rock Island, Ill., on Wednesday, May 21, 2014. (AP Photo/The Dispatch, Paul Colletti, Pool)
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Fourteenth Judicial Circuit Chief Judge Jeffrey W. O'Connor, center, listens as prosecutor Steve Nate, left, defense attorney Jeremy Karlin and prosecutor Bill Elward, right, approach the bench during the third day of Nicholas Sheley's murder trial at the Rock Island County Justice Center on Wednesday, May 21, 2014, in Rock Island, Ill. Sheley is on trial for the June 2008 deaths of Brock Branson, 29, Kilynna Blake, 20, her 2-year-old son, Dayan, and Kenneth Ulve, 25, in Rock Falls. (AP Photo/The Dispatch, Paul Colletti, Pool)
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Prosecutor Steve Nate hands bags of evidence to Commander Doug Coppotelli of the Rock Falls Police Department during the murder trial of Nicholas Sheley in Rock Island, Ill., on Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Sheley is on trial for the June 2008 deaths of Brock Branson, 29, Kilynna Blake, 20, her 2-year-old son, Dayan, and Kenneth Ulve, 25, in Rock Falls. (AP Photo/The Dispatch, Paul Colletti, Pool)
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Nicholas Sheley is escorted into the courtroom during the third day of his trial at the Rock Island County Justice Center on Wednesday, May 21, 2014, in Rock Island, Ill. Sheley is on trial for the June 2008 deaths of Brock Branson, 29, Kilynna Blake, 20, her 2-year-old son, Dayan, and Kenneth Ulve, 25, in Rock Falls. (AP Photo/The Dispatch, Paul Colletti, Pool)
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Nicholas Sheley, left, talks with his attorney, Jeremy Karlin, during the third day of his trial at the Rock Island County Justice Center on Wednesday, May 21, 2014, in Rock Island, Ill. Sheley is on trial for the June 2008 deaths of Brock Branson, 29, Kilynna Blake, 20, her 2-year-old son, Dayan, and Kenneth Ulve, 25, in Rock Falls. (AP Photo/The Dispatch, Paul Colletti, Pool)
