PEOPLE v. TILLMAN

No. 11158.

130 Ill. App.2d 743 (1971)

265 N.E.2d 904

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STEVEN JOSEPH TILLMAN, Defendant-Appellant. — (THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. EARL LEE MIMS, Defendant-Appellant.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

January 7, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold L. Jensen of Hatch, Corazza, Baker & Jensen, of Champaign, for appellants.

Lawrence E. Johnson, State's Attorney, of Urbana, (Kenneth E. Baughman, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE CRAVEN delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal by Steven Joseph Tillman and Earl Lee Mims from findings of guilty in a bench trial and sentences of thirty-five to fifty years for murder, five to fifteen years for attempted murder, and five to twenty years for armed robbery, the sentences to run concurrently.

Defendants were indicted under sections 9-1, 8-4 and 18-2 of the Criminal Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967...

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