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PEOPLE v. WILSON

No. 3-85-0590.

149 Ill. App.3d 293 (1986)

500 N.E.2d 128

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MELVIN WILSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed November 6, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Agostinelli, of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Ottawa, and Gary R. Peterson, of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Edward Petka, State's Attorney, of Joliet (Gary F. Gnidovec, of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE HEIPLE delivered the opinion of the court:

Melvin Wilson and Clifford Horne were charged by indictment with the murders of Ralph Dixon and Crystal Knight. Codefendant Horne entered a negotiated plea wherein he received concurrent 25-year sentences of imprisonment for murder and rape in exchange for his testimony against the defendant, Wilson. Following a jury trial, Wilson was found guilty of both murders. We reverse and remand...

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