THE PEOPLE v. NORCUTT

No. 39744.

44 Ill.2d 256 (1970)

255 N.E.2d 442

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. ALAN P. NORCUTT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 28, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GEORGE C. ADAMS, of Chicago, appointed by the court, for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and EDWARD V. HANRAHAN, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (JAMES B. HADDAD, Assistant Attorney General, and ELMER C. KISSANE and PATRICK T. DRISCOLL, JR., Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Alan P. Norcutt, was convicted after a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County under indictments which charged him with setting fire to two separate buildings in Chicago and with the felony-murder of a fireman who was killed in the course of fighting one of the fires. The defendant, who was 17 years old and had one year of high school education, was sentenced...

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