PEOPLE v. LONGSTREET

No. 71-84.

2 Ill. App.3d 556 (1971)

276 N.E.2d 825

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SAM LONGSTREET, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

November 15, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Bradley, of Defender Project, of Mt. Vernon, (Kenneth L. Jones, of counsel,) for appellant.

R.W. Griffith, Jr., State's Attorney, of Edwardsville, for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE CREBS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Sam Longstreet, was tried by jury in the circuit court of Madison County on an indictment charging him with the crime of murder. The jury found him guilty as charged and he was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than 20 nor more than 40 years.

On appeal defendant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence and it is therefore unnecessary to...

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