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PEOPLE v. HISTER

No. 46911.

60 Ill.2d 567 (1975)

328 N.E.2d 531

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. CLEO HISTER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 19, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (James B. Zagel, Assistant Attorney General, and Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., and Jerome Charles Randolph, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Winston & Strawn, of Chicago (Ronald Butler, Thomas B. Donovan and Robert G. Foster, of counsel), for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Cleo Hister, and Joe Newson were jointly indicted and tried for the murder of Richard Wilson, found guilty by a jury, and each sentenced to serve 16 to 30 years in the penitentiary. In a separate appeal, Newson's conviction was reversed by the Appellate Court for the First District because the evidence failed to establish his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. ...

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