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PEOPLE v. RANSOM

No. 48136.

65 Ill.2d 339 (1976)

357 N.E.2d 1164

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. JAMES RANSOM, a/k/a Melvin Ransom, et al. — (James Ransom, Appellee.)

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed December 3, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Robert H. Rice, State's Attorney, of Belleville (James B. Zagel, Jayne A. Carr, and Raymond McKoski, Assistant Attorneys General, and Bruce D. Irish and Raymond F. Buckley, Jr., of Illinois State's Attorneys Association Statewide Appellate Assistance Service, of Mount Vernon, of counsel), for the People.

Michael J. Rosborough, Deputy Defender, Office of State Appellate Defender, of Mount Vernon, for appellee.

Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant James Ransom was found guilty by a St. Clair County circuit court jury of the murder of Ernest Tiller and was subsequently sentenced to 14 to 30 years' imprisonment. The trial judge directed a verdict of not guilty as to co-defendant Freddie Macklin at the close of the State's evidence. Ransom appealed, the Appellate Court for the Fifth District...

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