PEOPLE v. STAMPS

No. 13663.

52 Ill. App.3d 320 (1977)

367 N.E.2d 543

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHN WILLIAM STAMPS (Impleaded), Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed September 12, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Wilson and Richard E. Cunningham, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

William A. Schuwerk, Jr., State's Attorney, of Chester (Robert C. Perry and Marc D. Towler, both of Illinois State's Attorney's Association, of counsel), for the People.


Affirmed in part and reversed in part.

Mr. JUSTICE REARDON delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, John William Stamps, appeals his convictions for six counts of murder in violation of section 9-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1965, ch. 38, par. 9-1), and the three concurrent 100- to 200-year sentences of imprisonment imposed thereon which were to begin at the expiration of a prior 25-year sentence for murder.

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