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PEOPLE v. BUTLER

No. 11390.

2 Ill. App.3d 531 (1971)

275 N.E.2d 657

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COLEMAN REED BUTLER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

November 23, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morton Zwick, Director of Defender Project, of Chicago, (Norman Fishman, of counsel,) for appellant.

Lawrence E. Johnson, State's Attorney, of Urbana, (Kenneth E. Baughman, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SMITH delivered the opinion of the court:

The essence of this appeal is the asserted incredibility of the State's witnesses with a request for outright reversal of two trials, one for competency and the other for murder, and the assignment of a single error in the competency hearing with an alternative request for a new trial.

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