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PEOPLE v. WRIGHT

No. 44233.

56 Ill.2d 523 (1974)

309 N.E.2d 537

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. NATHAN WRIGHT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 29, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Martin, of Chicago, for appellant.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (James B. Zagel, Assistant Attorney General, Kenneth L. Gillis and John M. Cutrone, Assistant State's Attorneys, and Lois Feinberg (Graduate Law Student), of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE DAVIS delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Nathan Wright, was convicted on charges of conspiracy, attempted armed robbery of a Thillens check-cashing truck, and murder, in the circuit court of Cook County, by a jury which had been qualified to impose the death penalty. He was sentenced to 75 to 150 years in the penitentiary for murder, and a concurrent sentence of 5 to 10 years for attempted armed robbery. This...

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