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PEOPLE v. FARNSLEY

No. 37754.

53 Ill.2d 537 (1973)

293 N.E.2d 600

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff in Error, v. RICHARD FARNSLEY, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 27, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

PAUL BRADLEY, of Illinois Defender Project, of Elgin (RALPH RUEBNER, Assistant District Defender and JAMES R. BRODIE, Senior Law Student, of counsel), for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and ROBERT J. NEELY, State's Attorney, of Metropolis (JAMES B. ZAGEL and THOMAS E. HOLUM, Assistant Attorneys General, and JOHN A. O'MALLEY, Senior Law Student, of counsel), for the People.

Judgments affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE KLUCZYNSKI delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Richard Farnsley, was convicted of murder following a jury trial in the circuit court of Massac County and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 40 years. He initially had filed a writ of error to this court, and thereafter sought post-conviction relief in the Massac County circuit court, which relief was denied without an evidentiary hearing. Both matters have...

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