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PEOPLE v. WEATHERSPOON

No. 77-1258.

63 Ill. App.3d 315 (1978)

379 N.E.2d 847

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LESTER WEATHERSPOON, Defendant-Appellant.

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

Opinion filed August 4, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Wolf Levin, of Chicago, for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Lee T. Hettinger, J. Jonathan Regunberg, and Paul C. Gridelli, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE MEJDA delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Lester Weatherspoon, was charged by indictment with three counts of murder and one count of attempt armed robbery, for the shooting of a grocery clerk in the course of robbing a small neighborhood food store. A jury found defendant guilty of both murder and attempt armed robbery, and defendant received concurrent sentences of 25 to 50 years for the murder and 6 to 20 years...

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