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PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

No. 42997.

55 Ill.2d 62 (1973)

302 N.E.2d 20

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. EUGENE JOHNSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 25, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JAMES J. DOHERTY, Public Defender, of Chicago (MICHAEL WEININGER and LEE T. HETTINGER, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and BERNARD CAREY, State's Attorney, of Chicago (JAMES B. ZAGEL, Assistant Attorney General, and KENNETH L. GILLIS and THOMAS A. MAUET, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Affirmed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Eugene Johnson, was found guilty by a jury in the circuit court of Cook County of the murder of Emma Pietras and the armed robbery of Otto Pietras, her husband, Joseph Schultz and Francisco Diaz during a robbery in Otto's Tavern in Chicago. Following the jury's recommendation, the trial court sentenced the defendant to death...

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