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PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

Gen. No. 49,556.

56 Ill. App.2d 159 (1965)

205 N.E.2d 749

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Williams, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Second Division.

March 9, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zoe Kuta, of Chicago, for appellant.

Daniel P. Ward, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago (Elmer C. Kissane and Kenneth L. Gillis, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE LYONS delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a conviction of involuntary manslaughter with punishment fixed at two to eight years in the penitentiary.

On April 12, 1963, at about eight o'clock in the evening, defendant, while driving a Yellow Cab south on Princeton Avenue, stopped for a traffic light at the corner of 51st Street in Chicago. He observed a group of young men on the northeast corner, beating

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