PEOPLE v. WILSON

No. 44075.

51 Ill.2d 302 (1972)

281 N.E.2d 626

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. CLARENCE EUGENE WILSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 21, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

KENNETH L. GILLIS, Illinois Defender Project, of Chicago, for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and ROBERT W. WHITMER, State's Attorney, of Robinson (JAMES B. ZAGEL, Assistant Attorney General, and MARK WEBER, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgments affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE DAVIS delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Clarence Eugene Wilson, was tried by a jury in the circuit court of Wayne County on a three-count indictment charging the offenses of murder, murder while attempting to commit burglary, and attempt to commit burglary. He was found guilty on all three counts, but was sentenced only on two counts: on the murder count and the conviction thereunder, to a term of from 50 to...

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