PEOPLE v. GILL

No. 42870.

54 Ill.2d 357 (1973)

297 N.E.2d 135

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. JOHN HENRY GILL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed June 4, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield (JAMES B. ZAGEL and JAYNE A. CARR, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel), for the People.


Affirmed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury trial in the circuit court of St. Clair County, John Henry Gill was convicted on July 13, 1968, of the murders of two brothers, Thomas and Terry Morrissey, and upon the jury's recommendation was sentenced to death. On this appeal, he contends that the jury was improperly selected, that he was denied his constitutional right to the effective assistance of counsel, and that...

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