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THE PEOPLE v. ADAMS

No. 39501.

36 Ill.2d 492 (1967)

224 N.E.2d 252

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. LONNIE ADAMS et al., Plaintiffs in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 27, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

SHERMAN L. LEWIS, of Chicago, appointed by the court, for plaintiffs 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, SAUL A. PERDOMO, and MORTON FRIEDMAN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

Lonnie Adams and his brothers James Adams and Maynard Adams were tried jointly for murder, before a jury in the circuit court of Cook County. The jury failed to reach a decision as to Maynard, but Lonnie and James were found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment. They appeal directly to this court, assigning a number of trial errors...

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