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THE PEOPLE v. WILSON

No. 39114.

37 Ill.2d 617 (1967)

230 N.E.2d 194

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. GEORGE WILSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 29, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LAWRENCE GUNNELS, of Chicago, appointed by the court, for Appellant.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN J. STAMOS, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, and ELMER C. KISSANE and MORTON E. FRIEDMAN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE SOLFISBURG delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal is from the denial of a post-conviction petition in the circuit court of Cook County. The defendant, George Wilson, was indicted jointly with Allen Golson and William Perkins for the murder of two postal inspectors in Chicago. After his motion for a severance was denied, he entered pleas of guilty and was sentenced to death. This judgment was affirmed by this...

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