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PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

Gen. No. 51,678.

100 Ill. App.2d 13 (1968)

241 N.E.2d 584

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gordon Johnson, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Third Division.

September 26, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender of Cook County, of Chicago (Norman W. Fishman and James J. Doherty, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

John J. Stamos, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago (Elmer C. Kissane and Francis J. Carey, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE DEMPSEY delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant, Gordon Johnson, was indicted for murder. He was tried by a jury, found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced to a term of not less than five nor more than ten years in the penitentiary.

Johnson and the deceased, George Young, were friends. On the evening of April 3, 1965, Johnson, Young and James Lee, Jr., were at the...

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