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PEOPLE v. BASSETT

No. 42594.

56 Ill.2d 285 (1974)

307 N.E.2d 359

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. WILLIAM EARL BASSETT et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 31, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan P. Olschwang, of Leibman, Williams, Bennett, Baird and Minow, of Chicago, for appellants William Earl Bassett and Alonzo Howard Jones.

Stuart R. Lefstein, of Katz, McAndrews, Durkee & Telleen, of Rock Island, for appellant John William Stamps.

Michael D. Gitlitz, of Skokie, and Thomas Gumbel, of East St. Louis, for appellant Robert Lee Brown.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield (Raymond L. Terrell, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for the People.

Affirmed in part and reversed in part.

MR. JUSTICE DAVIS delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendants in this case were tried and convicted of murder, arising from a prison riot which occurred at Menard Penitentiary on November 23, 1965. The charges were filed in Randolph County, but on motion for change of venue the trial was held in the circuit court of Sangamon County. The defendants were tried for the killing...

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