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PEOPLE v. PEERY

No. 56970.

11 Ill. App.3d 730 (1973)

297 N.E.2d 643

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MAJOR PEERY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

April 26, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charlotte Adelman, of Chicago, for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (Robin K. Auld, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE McGLOON delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Major Peery, was indicted for the murder of his wife (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 9-1), and after a jury trial he was convicted and sentenced to the Illinois State Penitentiary for a term of 100 to 150 years. In this appeal the defendant alleges that three instances of reversible error occurred during the trial and also that the sentence he received was excessive...

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