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PEOPLE v. GIBSON

No. 17604.

109 Ill. App.3d 316 (1982)

440 N.E.2d 339

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BENJAMIN JAMES GIBSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed September 14, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas and Karen Munoz, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Thomas L. Brownfield, State's Attorney, of Havana (Robert J. Biderman and Garry W. Bryan, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE WEBBER delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was charged with five counts of murder in violation of sections 9-1(a)(1) and 9-1(a)(2) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, pars. 9-1(a)(1), (2)). A jury in the circuit court of Mason County returned a general verdict of guilty, and after denying post-trial motions, the court sentenced defendant to 25 years' imprisonment.

On appeal, no question of...

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