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PEOPLE v. VEAL

No. 58472.

58 Ill. App.3d 938 (1978)

374 N.E.2d 963

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHNNY VEAL et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (1st Division).

Opinion filed March 27, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore M. Becker, of Chicago, for appellants.

J. Samuel Tenenbaum, of Chicago, for appellant George Knights.

Sam Adam, of Chicago, for appellant Johnny Veal.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Laurence J. Bolon, Linda Ann Miller, Michael E. Shabat, Kevin Sweeney, and Eugene J. Rudnik, Jr., Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgments affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants Johnny Veal and George Clifford Knights were found guilty by a jury of the July 17, 1970, murders of police officers James Severin and Anthony Rizzato. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 9-1.) Defendants' post-trial motions were denied. Each defendant was sentenced to the Illinois State Penitentiary for a term of not less than 100 years nor more than 199 years for each...

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