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PEOPLE v. ADAMS

No. 71-312.

9 Ill. App.3d 61 (1972)

291 N.E.2d 54

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. THOMAS SAMUEL ADAMS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

December 21, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth L. Jones, of Defender Project, of Mt. Vernon, for appellant.

Robert H. Rice, State's Attorney, of Belleville, (James W. Jerz and Betty Campbell Wolf, both of Model District State's Attorney's Office, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE CREBS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was tried before a jury in the Circuit Court of St. Clair County in an indictment charging him with two murders. He was acquitted of one and was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter on the other and was sentenced for a term of two to ten years in the penitentiary. The principal issue in this appeal is whether a defendant can be

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