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PEOPLE v. LOFTON

Gen. No. 50,088.

64 Ill. App.2d 238 (1965)

212 N.E.2d 705

People of the State of Illinois, Defendant in Error, v. Daniel Lofton, Plaintiff in Error.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Third Division.

November 4, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Rosenberg, of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

Daniel P. Ward, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago (Elmer C. Kissane and John Gannon, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for defendant in error.

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE DEMPSEY delivered the opinion of the court.

Daniel Lofton was convicted in a jury trial of the murder of Catherine Hamb and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a minimum of 14 and a maximum of 25 years. He appeals, alleging that the evidence did not prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and that the argument of the prosecutor was prejudicial.

Daniel Lofton was a married man with three children and at the time of the trial was 29...

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