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PEOPLE v. HUTCHINS

No. 56803.

9 Ill. App.3d 447 (1972)

292 N.E.2d 494

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WILLIE E. HUTCHINS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District.

December 19, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender, of Chicago, (Saul Brauner, Ronald P. Katz, and James J. Doherty, 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, and Robert A. Novelle and James E. Sternik, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE LEIGHTON delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal unfolds a phenomenon of our times: the inexplicable, reasonless street killing of one teenage lad by another. In this case, defendant was charged with murder, a jury convicted him and the court sentenced him to imprisonment for 30 to 60 years.

The event, a tragedy for all concerned, occurred at about 7:00 P.M. on May 6, 1969 near an alley in the vicinity of South...

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