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PEOPLE v. MIMS

No. 52590.

82 Ill.2d 63 (1980)

411 N.E.2d 215

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. RUTH MIMS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 29, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Ruebner, Deputy Defender, and Fe Fernandez, Assistant Appellate Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Chicago, for appellant.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Donald B. Mackay and Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Marcia B. Orr, Iris E. Sholder and Bruce W. Lester, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Appeal reinstated; cause remanded.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Ruth Mims, was convicted of murder after a jury trial in the Cook County circuit court on July 21, 1977. She was sentenced to 14 to 20 years in the penitentiary. On August 8, 1977, her attorney filed a notice of appeal in the appellate court. A short record also was subsequently filed. The defendant's motion for bail pending appeal was denied October 5,...

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