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PEOPLE v. GRIFFIN

No. 60282.

109 Ill.2d 293 (1985)

487 N.E.2d 599

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. LEE OTIS GRIFFIN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed December 20, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and John Baricevic, State's Attorney, of Belleville (Mark L. Rotert, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, and Kenneth R. Boyle, Stephen E. Norris and Raymond F. Buckley, Jr., of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Mt. Vernon, of counsel), for the People.

David C. Hoffman, of Ripplinger, Dixon, Hoffman & Ver Steegh, of Belleville, for appellee.

Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Lee Otis Griffin, and his codefendant, Jimmy Lee Smith, were found guilty on three counts of murder and one count of armed violence following a jury trial in the circuit court of St. Clair County. The defendant was sentenced to three concurrent terms of 40 years on the murder convictions and one concurrent...

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