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PEOPLE v. WILLINGHAM

No. 54756.

89 Ill.2d 352 (1982)

432 N.E.2d 861

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. GARY M. WILLINGHAM, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 25, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyrone C. Fahner, Attorney General, of Springfield, and John A. Barra, State's Attorney, of Peoria (Herbert L. Caplan, Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., and Darrell Panethiere, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and John X. Breslin and Gerry R. Arnold, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Ottawa, of counsel), for the People.

Robert Agostinelli, Deputy Defender, and Verlin R.F. Meinz, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Ottawa, for appellee.

Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The circuit court of Peoria County acquitted defendant, Gary Willingham, of two counts of murder but convicted him of attempt (armed robbery) and sentenced him to a determinate term of 15 years in the Department of Corrections. The appellate court reversed the judgment of conviction, holding that the evidence corroborating defendant's confession to attempted...

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