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THE PEOPLE v. TURNER

No. 42551.

47 Ill.2d 7 (1970)

264 N.E.2d 145

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. ASTER TURNER, JR., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 17, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. PRESTON CUMMINGS, of Chicago, appointed by the court, for appellant.

WILLIMA J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and EDWARD V. HANRAHAN, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (JAMES B. ZAGEL, Assistant Attorney General, and ROBERT A. NOVELLE and ROBERT L. BEST, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE CREBS delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury in the circuit court of Cook County found Aster Turner, Jr., guilty of murder, and he was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 199 years. On appeal his conviction was affirmed. (People v. Turner, 82 Ill.App.2d 10.) Thereafter, he filed a petition under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1963, ch. 38...

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