PEOPLE v. AUILAR

No. 44754.

59 Ill.2d 95 (1974)

319 N.E.2d 514

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. GONZALO CUEVAR AUILAR, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 18, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (George L. Lincoln, 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, Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., and John F. Brennan, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Gonzalo Auilar, was found guilty by a jury in the circuit court of Cook County of the murder of Virginia Hunter and sentenced to not less than 20 nor more than 60 years in the penitentiary. His appeal was taken directly to this court under our Rule 603. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 110A, par. 603.

On September 24, 1970, the body of Virginia Hunter was found lying face...

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