PEOPLE v. NICHOLLS

No. 49389.

71 Ill.2d 166 (1978)

374 N.E.2d 194

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. ERNEST LLOYD NICHOLLS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 23, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Rosborough, Deputy Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Mt. Vernon, for appellant.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, Michael J. Henshaw, State's Attorney, of Harrisburg, Kelly D. Long, State's Attorney, of Hillsborough, Howard L. Hood, State's Attorney, of Murphysboro, Nicholas G. Byron, State's Attorney, of Edwardsville, W.C. Spomer, State's Attorney, of Cairo, Robert H. Rice, State's Attorney, of Belleville, Herbert J. Lantz, Jr., State's Attorney, of Chester, Robert F.A. Stocke, State's Attorney, of Louisville, and Frank G. Schniederjon, State's Attorney, of Effingham (Donald B. Mackay and Charles H. Levad, Assistant Attorneys General, and Bruce D. Irish and Robert J. Anderson, of Illinois State's Attorneys Association, of Mt. Vernon, of counsel), for the People.


Affirmed in part and reversed in part.

MR. JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Ernest Nicholls, was found guilty of murder and sentenced to 100 to 150 years in the penitentiary. On direct appeal to this court, his conviction was affirmed (People v. Nicholls (1970), 44 Ill.2d 533). His petition for post-conviction relief was denied by the circuit court of Madison County. He appealed, in...

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