PEOPLE v. MILLER

No. 59941.

31 Ill. App.3d 436 (1975)

334 N.E.2d 421

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BENNIE MILLER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (1st Division).

July 21, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Dorothea Kaplan, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Laurence J. Bolon, Raymond J. Prosser, and Marcia B. Orr, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Affirmed in part, reversed and vacated in part.

Mr. JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

Murder is always tragic, and the circumstances which give rise to this appeal are especially so. They involve an unfortunate victim, Johnny H. Travis, shot down in front of his wife on South State Street near 47th Street in Chicago by a stranger to the couple. The shooting occurred while Mr. and Mrs. Travis were walking to her sister's wedding reception, and...

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