PEOPLE v. CALVIN

Gen. No. 52,222.

116 Ill. App.2d 471 (1969)

253 N.E.2d 922

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Calvin, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Second Division.

November 18, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender of Cook County, of Chicago (Paul Bradley, Theodore A. Gottfried, and James J. Doherty, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

Edward V. Hanrahan, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago (Elmer C. Kissane and John R. McClory, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE BURKE delivered the opinion of the court.

Defendant was found guilty by a jury of the crime of murder and was sentenced to a term of 14 years to 20 years in the penitentiary. He appeals.

About 3:15 a.m. on January 20, 1966, Walter Barber, the deceased, was shot by the defendant at a diner located at 1150 South Kedzie Avenue in Chicago. The deceased had been sitting at the service counter in the diner at the time the defendant entered shortly before...

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