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PEOPLE v. LEWIS

No. 52338.

88 Ill.2d 129 (1981)

430 N.E.2d 1346

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. CORNELIUS LEWIS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied January 29, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Steven Beckett and Glenn A. Stanko, of Reno, O'Byrne & Kepley, of Champaign, for appellant.

Tyrone C. Fahner, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Patrick Walsh, State's Attorney, of Decatur (Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., Susan M. Sherwin, and Neal B. Goodfriend, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

Cornelius Lewis (defendant) and his sister, Bernice Lewis, were indicted for armed robbery, aggravated kidnaping, and murder in connection with the December 14, 1978, robbery of the Citizens National Bank in Decatur, during which Donald Bivens, a bank security guard, was shot and killed. Willie Sangster, a Decatur resident, was separately charged with the same crimes. The three defendants...

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