PEOPLE v. BOLTON

No. 71-182.

10 Ill. App.3d 902 (1973)

295 N.E.2d 11

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LEON BOLTON et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Rehearing denied May 1, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Barton, of Marseilles, for appellants.

Edward P. Drolet, State's Attorney, of Kankakee, for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE DIXON delivered the opinion of the court:

This was a prosecution in the Circuit Court of Kankakee County for murder against Leon Bolton, Charles Marshall and Tommy Watkins. After a jury verdict of guilty, the trial judge sentenced the defendants for a term of from 90 to 150 years. All three defendants have taken this appeal contending, first that the People knowingly used perjured testimony to obtain the convictions.

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