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THE PEOPLE v. CLEMENTS

No. 37580.

28 Ill.2d 534 (1963)

192 N.E.2d 923

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. JERRY CLEMENTS, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 27, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WISEMAN & HALLETT, of Alton, for plaintiff in error.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOSEPH W. HICKMAN, State's Attorney, of Benton, FRED G. LEACH and E. MICHAEL O'BRIEN, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Jerry Clements, was convicted of the crime of burglary by a jury in the circuit court of Franklin County and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of from 2 to 10 years.

On March 30 or 31 in 1959, about 5:00 P.M., the defendant, in the company of two friends, John Eldridge and Gary Shoemaker, left East Moline...

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