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THE PEOPLE v. RICHARDSON

No. 38459.

32 Ill.2d 472 (1965)

207 N.E.2d 478

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. LARRY RICHARDSON, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 20, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

SYDNEY E. FOSTER, of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and DANIEL P. WARD, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH and E. MICHAEL O'BRIEN, Assistant Attorneys General, and ELMER C. KISSANE and KENNETH L. GILLIS, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant was convicted of murder in a bench trial in the criminal court of Cook County and sentenced to a term of twenty-five years in the penitentiary. On this writ of error he contends that a joint statement signed by him was improperly admitted into evidence over his objection and that the evidence did not establish his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

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