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PEOPLE v. STROTHER

No. 40576, 42946 cons.

53 Ill.2d 95 (1972)

290 N.E.2d 201

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. ROBERT L. STROTHER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 30, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GERALD W. GETTY and JAMES J. DOHERTY, Public Defenders, of Chicago (JUDITH C. SMITH, SHELVIN SINGER and PHIL ALLEN, 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, and ELMER C. KISSANE, GEORGE PAPPAS and WILLIAM K. HEDRICK, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant-petitioner Robert L. Strother was convicted in a Cook County circuit court jury trial of the unlawful sale of narcotics and sentenced to life imprisonment. Defendant appealed directly to this court. He subsequently filed a petition pursuant to the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 38, par. 122-1 et seq.) alleging that the prosecutor...

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