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PEOPLE v. SPECK

No. 41042.

52 Ill.2d 284 (1972)

287 N.E.2d 699

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. RICHARD FRANKLIN SPECK, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 20, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GERALD W. GETTY, Public Defender, of Chicago (JAMES J. DOHERTY, JAMES N. GRAMENOS and SHELVIN SINGER, 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, JOEL M. FLAUM, First Assistant Attorney General, ROBERT A. NOVELLE, WILLIAM HEDRICK and MICHAEL GOLDSTEIN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Remanded.

MR. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

In 1966, eight separate indictments returned by the grand jury of Cook County charged the defendant, Richard Franklin Speck, with the murder of eight young women in the city of Chicago. The defendant's motion for a change of venue from Cook County was allowed, and the cases were transferred to Peoria County. They were consolidated for trial, and a jury found him guilty and returned a verdict...

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