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THE PEOPLE v. SCOTT

No. 36492-3.

29 Ill.2d 97 (1963)

193 N.E.2d 814

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. ROOSEVELT SCOTT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 25, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

PRENTICE MARSHALL, and JOHN J. CROWN, of Chicago, for appellant.

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 EDWARD J. HLADIS, JAMES R. THOMPSON, and WILLIAM J. MARTIN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

Gertrude Rhinehardt and John Schot were killed on November 17, 1959, and defendant Roosevelt Scott was named in separate murder indictments which were subsequently, on motion of defense counsel, consolidated for trial before a jury in the criminal court of Cook County. The jury found defendant guilty and fixed his punishment at death. The consolidated cases are here for review...

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