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PEOPLE v. GROVES

Gen. No. 51,987.

100 Ill. App.2d 171 (1968)

241 N.E.2d 622

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Walter Groves, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Third Division.

October 10, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender of Cook County, of Chicago (Saul Brauner and James J. Doherty, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

John J. Stamos, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago (Elmer C. Kissane and Robert B. Rosen, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.

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

The defendant, Walter Groves, was indicted for murder. A jury found him guilty and he received a 15 to 25 year sentence in the penitentiary.

On March 29, 1966, at 7:30 a.m., Jessie Everett and her sister, Mildred Bryant, were waiting for a bus on the corner of 31st Street and Indiana Avenue, Chicago. Mrs. Bryant saw Groves, whom they both knew, across the street. He started toward them and pulled...

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