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PEOPLE v. BRITZ

No. 4-83-0404.

128 Ill. App.3d 29 (1984)

470 N.E.2d 1059

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHN BRITZ, JR., Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Modified on denial of rehearing September 6, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

J. William Roberts, State's Attorney, of Springfield (Robert J. Biderman and Denise M. Paul, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

PRESIDING JUSTICE MILLS delivered the opinion of the court:

Murder.

Sentence: 25 years.

Because of grave error in the way the jury was selected, we must reverse the conviction and remand this case for a new trial.

I. THE FACTS

On Saturday, June 9, 1979, at approximately 5:30 a.m., two Springfield residents living in the vicinity of a local gasoline service station heard a single gunshot, and then saw...

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