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PEOPLE v. EVANS

Nos. 60007 and 60008.

41 Ill. App.3d 15 (1976)

353 N.E.2d 264

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHESTER EVANS, Defendant-Appellant. — THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LAWRENCE GRIFFIN, a/k/a Lawrence Cain, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Modified upon denial of rehearing September 3, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Lincoln Ader, of Chicago, for appellant Chester Evans.

James W. Reilley, of Reilley, Bell & Weinberg, of Chicago, for appellant Lawrence Griffin.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Laurence J. Bolon and Linda Ann Miller, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE LORENZ delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendants were convicted of two counts of murder resulting from the deaths of William McFall and

Louis Barnette in violation of section 9-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 9-1.) Both defendants were sentenced to terms of 30 to 90 years for each offense, the sentences to run concurrently.

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