THE PEOPLE v. TYNER

No. 40321.

40 Ill.2d 1 (1968)

238 N.E.2d 377

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. EUGENE TYNER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 29, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

TIMOTHY C. TOOMEY, 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, ELMER C. KISSANE, and TRUMAN LARREY, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

In 1961 the defendant, Eugene Tyner, was tried by jury in the criminal court of Cook County and convicted of the crime of murder, for which he was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 199 years. That judgment was reversed by this court and the cause was remanded for a new trial. (People v. Tyner, 30 Ill.2d 101.) He was...

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