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PEOPLE v. CONNOLLY

No. 44014.

55 Ill.2d 421 (1973)

303 N.E.2d 409

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. CHARLES CONNOLLY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 28, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WALTER WILLIAMS, of Chicago, for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and BERNARD CAREY, State's Attorney, of Chicago (JAMES B. ZAGEL, Assistant Attorney General, and KENNETH L. GILLIS and BERRY RAND ELDEN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Affirmed and remanded.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Charles Connolly was convicted of murder following a bifurcated jury trial in Cook County and sentenced to death. He appeals directly to this court. Ill. Const. (1870), art. VI, sec. 5; Supreme Court Rule 603, 43 Ill.2d R. 603.

On March 3, 1970, Chicago Task Force Officers Thomas Kelly and Thomas Neustrom, who were both in uniform, were assigned to patrol...

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