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PEOPLE v. WALTON

No. 51670.

78 Ill.2d 197 (1979)

399 N.E.2d 588

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. HUGH EDWARD WALTON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied February 1, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Ronald C. Dozier, State's Attorney, of Bloomington (Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., and Orisha Kulick, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Robert J. Biderman and Marc D. Towler, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Springfield), for the People.

Richard J. Wilson, Deputy Defender, and Don L. Johnson, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Springfield, for appellee.

Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Hugh Edward Walton, was convicted of murder after a jury trial in the circuit court of McLean County on May 23, 1968. On direct appeal, the conviction was affirmed, but the cause was remanded for correction of an error regarding the date the sentence would commence. (118 Ill.App.2d 324.) At trial...

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