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THE PEOPLE v. HARPER

No. 38717, 39548 cons.

36 Ill.2d 398 (1967)

223 N.E.2d 841

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. ANDREW HARPER et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 19, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

PHILIP M. BASVIC, STEPHEN A. SCHILLER, EMILE N. WANDERER, and RICHARD S. WEINBERG, of Chicago, appointed by the court, for appellants.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and DANIEL P. WARD, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, and ELMER C. KISSANE and PATRICK A. TUITE, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE SOLFISBURG delivered the opinion of the court:

John Holmes, Jr. and Andrew Harper were jointly indicted for the murder of Jake Allen. They were tried by a jury, found guilty, and sentenced to death. Subsequent petitions for a post-conviction hearing were stricken. Defendants prosecute this consolidated appeal from the judgments of the circuit court of Cook County.

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