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THE PEOPLE v. WITHERSPOON

No. 39387.

36 Ill.2d 471 (1967)

224 N.E.2d 259

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS et al., Appellees, v. WILLIAM C. WITHERSPOON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 27, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ALBERT E. JENNER, JR., THOMAS P. SULLIVAN, JEROLD S. SOLOVY, JOHN C. TUCKER, and JOSEPH A. SPITALLI, all of Chicago, (RAYMOND, MAYER, JENNER & BLOCK, of counsel,) for appellant.

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 JAMES B. ZAGEL, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

In April of 1960, a jury convicted the petitioner, William C. Witherspoon, of the murder of police officer Mitchell Stone, and fixed his penalty at death. The judgment was affirmed on writ of error. (People v. Witherspoon, (1963) 27 Ill.2d 483.) Thereafter the petitioner filed a petition for relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing...

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