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PEOPLE v. QUEEN

No. 80-571.

108 Ill. App.3d 1088 (1982)

440 N.E.2d 126

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PAUL S. QUEEN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed July 13, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randy E. Blue and E. Joyce Randolph, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, for appellant.

Martin N. Ashley and Frank J. Bieszczat, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Mt. Vernon, for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE WELCH delivered the opinion of the court:

On January 4, 1979, Lida Belle King was found dead in her DuQuoin, Illinois, apartment. The results of an autopsy indicated that she had been strangled. In March of that year, the defendant, Paul S. Queen, was charged by a Perry County indictment with the murder of Mrs. King. Following a bench trial in July of 1979, he was convicted of murder and sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment. He...

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