PEOPLE v. FAULKNER

No. 56506.

7 Ill. App.3d 221 (1972)

287 N.E.2d 243

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CLARENCE FAULKNER et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District.

Rehearing denied September 14, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender, of Chicago, (James J. Doherty, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel,) for appellants.

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


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE DEMPSEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Clarence Faulkner, Glen King, and James Davis were indicted for the murder of Joyce Webb, an 18-year-old girl. A jury found them guilty and they were sentenced to the penitentiary for 30 to 60 years.

The defendants contend that their conviction was based on unreliable testimony; that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence two photographs of the deceased and in...

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