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THE PEOPLE v. ADAMS

No. 36511.

25 Ill.2d 568 (1962)

185 N.E.2d 676

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. LONNIE ADAMS et al., Plaintiffs in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 28, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

EUCLID L. TAYLOR and GEORGE N. LEIGHTON, both of Chicago, for plaintiffs in error.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and DANIEL P. WARD, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH and E. MICHAEL O'BRIEN, Assistant Attorneys General, and JOHN T. GALLAGHER and MARVIN E. ASPEN, Assistant State's Attorneys of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

This case comes before us on a writ of error for the purpose of reviewing the murder convictions of three brothers — Lonnie Adams, James Adams and Maynard Adams. A joint trial was had in the criminal court of Cook County before a jury which fixed the punishment of Lonnie Adams and James Adams at death, and that of Maynard Adams...

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