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PEOPLE v. GILMORE

Gen. No. 54,129.

118 Ill. App.2d 100 (1969)

254 N.E.2d 590

People of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Samuel Gilmore, Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Fourth Division.

December 17, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam Adam and Edward Marvin Genson, of Chicago, for appellant.

William J. Scott, Attorney General of State of Illinois, of Springfield (James B. Zagel, Assistant Attorney General, Edward V. Hanrahan, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago, Elmer C. Kissane and Michael D. Stevenson, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.

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

Defendant appeals from his conviction for murder. He was found guilty by a jury and was sentenced to a term of fourteen to seventeen years. Defendant first appealed to the Illinois Supreme Court contending that the introduction of records of prior convictions for impeachment purposes violated his constitutional rights and that the prosecution's final argument was unfair and prejudicial. The Illinois...

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