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PEOPLE v. SMITH

No. 73-29.

21 Ill. App.3d 366 (1974)

316 N.E.2d 170

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. EUGENE "PEPPER" SMITH, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

August 9, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murry A. Marks, of Clayton, Missouri, for appellant.

Nicholas G. Byron, State's Attorney, of Edwardsville (Raymond F. Buckley, Jr., Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE EBERSPACHER delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from a judgment entered by the circuit court of Madison County on a jury verdict against the defendant, Eugene "Pepper" Smith, for the offense of murder and the imposition of a sentence of 14 to 42 years in the penitentiary.

On November 12, 1969, an attempted armed robbery of Louis Knowles took place in the Ridge Package Liquor Store in Alton. The attempt...

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