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PEOPLE v. OWENS

No. 44893.

65 Ill.2d 83 (1976)

357 N.E.2d 465

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. RONALD OWENS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 15, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Eugene Pincham and Theodore M. Becker, of Becker & Tenenbaum, both 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 Laurence J. Bolon, David A. Novoselsky, and Bertina E. Lampkin, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgments affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury in the circuit court of Cook County found defendant, Ronald Owens, guilty of the murder of Curtis Butler. The circuit court denied post-trial motions for a new trial and arrest of judgment and sentenced defendant to the penitentiary for not less than 14 nor more than 20 years. Charging error of constitutional dimension, defendant appealed directly to this court (Ill. Const...

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