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THE PEOPLE v. LEE

No. 40966.

44 Ill.2d 161 (1969)

254 N.E.2d 469

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. WILLIAM LEE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied January 26, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LOUIS M. LEIDER, of Chicago, (BRIAN L. CROWE and THOMAS M. HOGAN, of counsel,) for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and EDWARD V. HANRAHAN, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (JAMES B. ZAGEL, Assistant Attorney General, and ELMER C. KISSANE and MICHAEL D. STEVENSON, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for appellee.

Judgment vacated and cause remanded.

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

William Lee appeals from his conviction of murder and sentence of death imposed by the circuit court of Cook County following a May, 1967, jury trial.

On January 13, 1966, about 2:00 P.M., four men and two women were in the wholesale grocery store known as J.P. Graziano, Inc. at 901 West Randolph Street, Chicago, Illinois. Those present were the then...

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