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PEOPLE v. SIMPSON

No. 12379.

39 Ill. App.3d 661 (1976)

350 N.E.2d 517

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JACK CANNON SIMPSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Rehearing denied July 30, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Wilson and Daniel D. Yuhas, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

C. Joseph Cavanagh, State's Attorney, of Springfield (G. Michael Prall, of Illinois State's Attorneys Association, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE SIMKINS delivered the opinion of the court:

On January 25, 1973, the grand jury returned a seven-count indictment charging the defendant-appellant Jack Cannon Simpson, Jr. (in the first five counts) with the murder of Gwen Ellen Woods on October 30, 1972. The sixth and seventh counts charged defendant with voluntary manslaughter in connection with her death. On April 2, 1973, the jury convicted defendant of murder. The two...

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