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PEOPLE v. ADAMS

No. 44327.

52 Ill.2d 224 (1972)

287 N.E.2d 695

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. JOHN ADAMS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 20, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JAMES R. BRONNER and GEOFFREY P. GITNER, 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, and ROBERT A. NOVELLE and NICHOLAS A. DE JOHN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

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

In 1963 petitioner John Adams and two co-defendants, who are not involved in this appeal, were found guilty of murder by a Cook County circuit court jury and each was sentenced to a term of 35 to 70 years imprisonment. The convictions were affirmed on direct appeal. People v. Henderson (1967), 37 Ill.2d 489

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