PEOPLE v. NORWOOD

No. 45196.

54 Ill.2d 253 (1973)

296 N.E.2d 852

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. RONALD L. NORWOOD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 21, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JAMES J. DOHERTY, Public Defender, of Chicago (GERALD D. HOSIER and HUME, CLEMENT, HUME & LEE, LTD., 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 WILLIAM D. WOLTER, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Ronald L. Norwood, was convicted of murder after a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, and was sentenced to imprisonment for not less than 14 nor more than 20 years. The appellate court affirmed (People v. Norwood (1972), 5 Ill.App.3d 130), and we allowed the defendant's petition for leave to appeal...

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