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PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

No. 55983.

20 Ill. App.3d 926 (1974)

314 N.E.2d 215

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SAMMIE JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Rehearing denied June 26, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Shelvin Singer, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Kenneth L. Gillis, Patricia C. Bobb, and John B. Adams, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE ADESKO delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Sammie Johnson, was charged by indictment with the offense of murder. After a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Cook County, he was found guilty and sentenced to serve a term in the Illinois State Penitentiary of not less than 14 years nor more than 40 years. Defendant appeals this conviction claiming that:

(1) The testimony of the State's witnesses was...

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