PEOPLE v. SIMPSON

No. 50615.

74 Ill.2d 497 (1978)

384 N.E.2d 373

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

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied January 25, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Wilson, Deputy Defender, and Robert E. Davison, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Springfield, for appellant.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, and C. Joseph Cavanagh, State's Attorney, both of Springfield (Donald B. Mackay and Melbourne Noel, Assisstant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Robert C. Perry and Marc D. Towler, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Springfield, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE KLUCZYNSKI delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was convicted of murder in April 1973 after a jury trial in the circuit court of Sangamon County and sentenced to 25 to 75 years imprisonment. The appellate court reversed and remanded (39 Ill.App.3d 661), but this court reversed the decision of the appellate court and remanded to that...

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