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PEOPLE v. HAWKINS

No. 46751.

61 Ill.2d 23 (1975)

329 N.E.2d 221

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. EARL HAWKINS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed June 2, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Suzanne M. Xinos, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (James B. Zagel and Jayne A. Carr, Assistant Attorneys General, and Laurence J. Bolon, Donald M. Devlin, and Marcia B. Orr, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

Earl Hawkins was found guilty of murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 9-1) and aggravated battery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 12-4) after a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County and was sentenced to serve not less than 14 nor more than 15 years on the murder conviction and not less than 1 nor more than 3 years on the conviction for aggravated battery. The appellate...

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