PEOPLE v. PUCKETT

No. 55115.

6 Ill. App.3d 206 (1972)

285 N.E.2d 258

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GAYLON V. PUCKETT, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District.

June 1, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender, of Chicago, (Shelvin Singer and James J. Doherty, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel,) for appellant.

Edward V. Hanrahan, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (Robert A. Novelle and Stephen Connolly, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE McNAMARA delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury trial, defendant was found guilty of murder and sentenced to a term of 40 to 50 years. On appeal he contends that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, that the trial court committed reversible error in refusing to give an instruction to the jury as to defendant's theory of the case, and that the court improperly permitted a photograph of the deceased to...

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