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PEOPLE v. ALLEN

No. 44468.

56 Ill.2d 536 (1974)

306 N.E.2d 544

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. JAMES ALLEN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 29, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Lee T. Hettinger and Ira Churgin, Assistant Public Defenders, 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, and Kenneth L. Gillis and John M. Cutrone, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, James Allen, was convicted of murder in a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County on September 17, 1970. He was sentenced to a term of from 100 to 200 years in the penitentiary. The defendant appealed directly to this court under our rules then in effect. 43 Ill.2d R. 603.

On January 24, 1969, the defendant and two...

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