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THE PEOPLE v. COLEMAN

No. 43299.

49 Ill.2d 565 (1971)

276 N.E.2d 721

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. IRA J. COLEMAN, JR., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 24, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GERALD W. GETTY, Public Defender, of Chicago, (MICHAEL WEININGER and JAMES J. DOHERTY, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel,) for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and EDWARD V. HANRAHAN, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (JAMES B. ZAGEL, Assistant Attorney General; ROBERT A. NOVELLE, Assistant State's Attorney; ZENON FOROWYCK, (Graduate Law Student); of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Coleman, was jointly indicted with Benjamin Arnold and Fred L. Thompson for the murder of Coleman's wife, Ollie Coleman. Arnold and Thompson pleaded guilty and Coleman was tried by a judge without a jury in the circuit court of Cook County. He was convicted and sentenced to a term of from 40 to 60 years in the penitentiary. This is a direct appeal from his original conviction...

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