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THE PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. 41085.

40 Ill.2d 522 (1968)

240 N.E.2d 645

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. JOHN W. WILLIAMS, JR., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 24, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

SAMUEL L. DEAN, JR., appellant.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and WILLIAM R. NASH, State's Attorney, of Rockford, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, and WILLIAM H. SNIVELY, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

In a trial by jury in the circuit court in Winnebago County, John W. Williams, Jr., an 18-year-old defendant, was convicted of the murders of two teenage boys and sentenced to concurrent terms of not less than 90 years and not more than 100 years on each murder.

The murders occurred sometime between 7:15 and 8:00 o'clock in the evening of March 2, 1967, and were brought to...

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