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PEOPLE v. CRAVEN

No. 41640.

54 Ill.2d 419 (1973)

299 N.E.2d 1

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. THOMAS CRAVEN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed June 4, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JAMES J. DOHERTY, Public Defender, of Chicago (MICHAEL WEININGER, Assistant Public Defender, 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, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Thomas Craven was convicted of murder by a Cook County jury and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 50-100 years following an earlier trial in which the jury was unable to agree. He urges on this direct appeal that: (1) the trial court erred in certain of its instructions to the jury; (2) a defense witness was improperly prevented from testifying; (3) he was...

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