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PEOPLE v. CHILDS

No. 36697.

51 Ill.2d 247 (1972)

281 N.E.2d 631

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. WILLIE C. CHILDS, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 30, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

HELMUT EIFERT, of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

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 ARTHUR L. BELKIND, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

Willie C. Childs, the defendant, was tried in 1957 for the murder of Matt Hairston, which occurred on July 25, 1956. A jury in the circuit court of Cook County found him guilty, and he was sentenced to imprisonment for life. The case has been brought to this court upon a writ of error under Rule 602 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 110A, par. 602), which provides that the review of judgments...

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