THE PEOPLE v. CANNON

No. 41612.

49 Ill.2d 162 (1971)

273 N.E.2d 829

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. WILLIAM CANNON, JR., et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 30, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

HOWARD O. EDMUND, CHARLES V. HOGREN, HOWARD T. SAVAGE, and IRWIN L. FRAZIN, all of Chicago, appointed by the court, for appellants.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and EDWARD V. HANRAHAN, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (JAME. B. ZAGEL, Assistant Attorney General, and ROBERT A. NOVELLE and MICHAEL J. GOLDSTEIN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgments affirmed; sentences reduced.

Mr. JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants, William Cannon, Jr. and Lawrence Cochran, were convicted by a jury in the circuit court of Cook County for the murders of two persons. The jury found that the death penalty should be imposed, the court entered judgment on the verdicts, and sentenced defendants to death. Pursuant to our Rule 603 (Ill. Rev. Stat., ch. 110A, par. 603), defendants have...

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