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PEOPLE v. DRAPER

No. 78-1306.

79 Ill. App.3d 749 (1979)

398 N.E.2d 1023

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LAWRENCE DRAPER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Opinion filed December 26, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julius Lucius Echeles and George M. Zuganelis, both of Chicago, and Paul David Kelley, legal researcher, for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Marcia B. Orr, Joel A. Eisen-Stein, and Mark S. Komessar, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HARTMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

On October 3, 1975, at about 2 a.m., Donald Gilmore, a security guard, was shot and killed in front of the nightclub by which he was employed on East 79th Street in Chicago. Defendant Lawrence Draper, a club patron, was charged with and convicted of his murder in a bench trial and sentenced to serve from 14 to 20 years in the penitentiary. He appeals on the grounds that his guilt was...

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