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THE PEOPLE v. SIMS

Nos. 53372, 53373 cons.

1 Ill. App.3d 490 (1971)

274 N.E.2d 630

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RAYMOND J. SIMS, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District.

September 9, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender, of Chicago, (James J. Doherty, of counsel,) for appellants.

Edward V. Hanrahan, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (Elmer C. Kissane and James Veldman, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DEMPSEY delivered the opinion of the court:

After a trial without a jury, Raymond Sims and William Grenshaw, both seventeen years of age, were found guilty of murder and sentenced to a term of twenty to thirty years in the penitentiary. They request a reduction in their sentences.

In the late afternoon of January 4, 1968, Sims, Grenshaw and two sixteen-year-old friends met...

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