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THE PEOPLE v. HESTER

No. 39588.

39 Ill.2d 489 (1968)

237 N.E.2d 466

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. LEE ARTHUR HESTER, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 27, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MARSHALL KAPLAN, JEROME FELDMAN, AND EDWARD KAPLAN, of Chicago, appointed by the court, for plaintiff in error.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN J. STAMOS, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (ELMER C. KISSANE and JAMES B. ZAGEL, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Lee Arthur Hester, age 14, was found guilty of murder by a jury in the circuit court of Cook County and sentenced to a term of 55 years imprisonment. In this direct appeal the defendant claims 18 instances of reversible error occurred in these proceedings.

About 4:00 P.M., on April 20, 1961, the body of Josephine Keane, a teacher at the Lewis-Champlin Elementary...

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