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THE PEOPLE v. HOBBS

No. 39540.

35 Ill.2d 263 (1966)

220 N.E.2d 469

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. GEORGE WILLIE HOBBS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 23, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LLOYD F. LATENDRESSE, of Decatur, for appellant.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and BASIL G. GREANIAS, State's Attorney, of Decatur, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the Court:

The defendant, George Willie Hobbs, was convicted of murder on a jury verdict in the circuit court of Sangamon County. The verdict did not provide for the death penalty and the court sentenced him to the penitentiary for a term of 25 to 50 years.

In the early hours of November 21, 1964, on a secluded lane a short distance southwest...

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