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PEOPLE v. JACOBS

No. 47213.

61 Ill.2d 590 (1975)

338 N.E.2d 161

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. PHILLIP LEWIS JACOBS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 17, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Ruebner, Deputy Defender, Office of State Appellate Defender, of Elgin, for appellant.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield (James B. Zagel, Jayne A. Carr, and Donald Hubert, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Appeal to appellate court reinstated; cause remanded.

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

The defendant, Phillip Lewis Jacobs, was found guilty of murder by a Du Page County circuit court jury and was sentenced to a term of 45 to 65 years in the penitentiary. His appeal to the appellate court was dismissed by that court on its own motion for failure of the defendant to file abstract and briefs. Defendant's motion to reinstate the...

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