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PEOPLE v. LILLY

No. 5-84-0490.

139 Ill. App.3d 275 (1985)

487 N.E.2d 414

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOHN W. LILLY, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed December 20, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey C. Welch, of Urbana, for appellant.

John R. Clemons, State's Attorney, of Murphysboro (Kenneth R. Boyle and Stephen E. Norris, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, and Joseph H. Ciaccio, Sr., of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE WELCH delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, John W. Lilly, was charged with the murder of Edward Fletcher, Jr. Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Jackson County, he was found guilty and sentenced to 40 years' incarceration.

The pertinent facts adduced at trial are as follows:

Carolyn Fletcher, a/k/a Carolyn Patterson, testified that on Sunday, October 30, 1983, she arrived on "the Levee" (a tavern...

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