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PEOPLE v. LOCKETT

No. 52535.

82 Ill.2d 546 (1980)

413 N.E.2d 378

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. JEROME LOCKETT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 18, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Clyde L. Kuehn, State's Attorney, of Belleville (Donald B. Mackay, Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., and Michael B. Weinstein, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and P. Richard Sturgeon, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for the People.

H. Gary Apoian, of Apoian, Ross & Funk, P.C., of East St. Louis, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Jerome Lockett, 18 years of age, shot and killed Henry Jones, 78 years of age. The defendant was convicted of murder after a jury trial in the circuit court of St. Clair County. He was sentenced to a term of not less than 25 years' nor more than 50 years' imprisonment. In a majority opinion, the appellate court reversed the conviction and remanded the cause to the trial court...

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