PEOPLE v. MOORE

No. 42194.

50 Ill.2d 24 (1971)

276 N.E.2d 319

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. EARL MOORE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 30, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

EDWARD M. GENSON, SANTO J. VOLPE and SAM ADAM, appointed by the court, of Chicago, 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 and WILLIAM K. HEDRICK, Assistant State's Attorneys; of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

In a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County defendant, Earl Moore, was convicted of the offense of murder and sentenced to a term of not less than 20 nor more than 60 years. Defendant and James Hall had been indicted for the murder of Clinton Crump. Hall pleaded guilty to a reduced charge, did not testify at the trial and is not a party to this appeal.

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