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PEOPLE v. RIVERS

No. 32146.

410 Ill. 410 (1951)

102 N.E.2d 303

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. EVELYN RIVERS et al., Plaintiffs in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 27, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOSEPH A. RICKER, of Chicago, for plaintiffs in error.

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN S. BOYLE, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (JOHN T. GALLAGHER, RUDOLPH L. JANEGA, ARTHUR F. MANNING, and WILLIAM J. McGAH, JR., all of Chicago, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE MAXWELL delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendants, Evelyn Rivers, age 19 years, and Helen Rivers, age 17 years, together with two other girls, Edwina Howard, age 19 years, and Wilma Howard, age 14 years, were indicted in the criminal court of Cook County on a charge of murder by shooting one Lavon Cain, a girl 17 years of age. They entered pleas of not guilty and waived...

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