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THE PEOPLE v. FIDDLER

No. 41878.

45 Ill.2d 181 (1970)

258 N.E.2d 359

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. MORRIS FIDDLER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 26, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

HARRY J. BUSCH and JACOB SHAMBERG, both of Chicago, 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 PATRICK T. DRISCOLL, JR., Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury in the circuit court of Cook County found the defendant, Morris Fiddler, guilty of the murder of Jayne Levin and he was sentenced to a term of 20 to 30 years in the penitentiary. The Appellate Court, First District, affirmed (102 Ill.App.2d 319), and we granted leave to appeal.

The facts are fully stated in the appellate...

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