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PEOPLE v. NEWSON

No. 55737.

133 Ill. App.2d 511 (1971)

273 N.E.2d 478

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOE NEWSON (Impleaded), Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District.

Rehearing denied July 1, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, of Chicago, (Daniel L. Hebert, 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, and Robert A. Novelle and Themis N. Karnezis, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment reversed.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE BURKE delivered the opinion of the court:

At a jury trial defendant, Joe Newson, was found guilty with Cleo Hister of the crime of murder and was sentenced to a term of sixteen years to thirty years in the penitentiary. On appeal Newson contends, inter alia, that the evidence was insufficient to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. (Hister is not involved in this appeal.)

Johnny Wilson, the father...

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