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PEOPLE v. BLACKWELL

No. 78-161.

76 Ill. App.3d 371 (1979)

394 N.E.2d 1329

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LEON BLACKWELL, Defendant-Appellant.

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

Opinion filed September 10, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burton A. Brown, Ltd., of Chicago (J. Chris Goodman, of counsel), for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Lee T. Hettinger and Linda Dale Woloshin, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

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

Defendant, Leon Blackwell, was convicted by a jury of burglary and the murder of Agnes Bookham. Defendant received concurrent sentences of 6 1/2 to 20 years for burglary and 60 to 70 years for murder. Defendant appeals from both convictions and also from the sentence for murder.

Harris Orange, a witness for the State, testified...

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