PEOPLE v. TAYLOR

No. 42468.

52 Ill.2d 293 (1972)

287 N.E.2d 673

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. GREGORY TAYLOR, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 20, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

PAUL E. PLUNKETT, of Chicago, appointed by the court, 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 ELMER C. KISSANE and NICHOLAS D. TAUBERT, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE DAVIS delivered the opinion of the court:

The question for determination in this case is whether the in-court identification of the defendant by certain witnesses was based on unfair and improper pretrial confrontations.

The defendant, Gregory Taylor, after a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County was found guilty of murder and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a period of not less than 35 nor more than 70...

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