PEOPLE v. HALLEY

No. 73-16.

13 Ill. App.3d 719 (1973)

300 N.E.2d 645

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HAROLD EDGAR HALLEY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

August 20, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dick H. Mudge, Jr., of Edwardsville, (Paul David Kelley, of counsel,) for appellant.

W.C. Spomer, State's Attorney, of Cairo, (William F. Meehan and Ralph J. Mendelsohn, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE CREBS delivered the opinion of the court:

In a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Alexander County, defendant, Harold Edgar Halley, was convicted of murder and unlawful use of weapons for which he received concurrent sentences to the penitentiary of not less than 18 years nor more than 45 years for murder and one year for unlawful use of weapons. The main thrust of this appeal is that defendant acted in self-defense and was not...

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