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THE PEOPLE v. LATIMER

No. 37394.

35 Ill.2d 178 (1966)

220 N.E.2d 314

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. JAMES LATIMER, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 23, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LEONARD O. ABRAMS, of Chicago, appointed by the court, for plaintiff in error.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and DANIEL P. WARD, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, and ELMER C. KISSANE and E. JAMES GILDEA, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, James Latimer, was found guilty by a jury in the criminal court of Cook County of the crime of murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment in the penitentiary. A writ of error was issued to review his conviction.

The defendant and his niece, Yvonne Thorpe, gave substantially similar accounts of the events leading up to the death of Willie Thorpe. According to their...

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