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PEOPLE v. TANKSON

No. 79-875.

92 Ill. App.3d 328 (1980)

415 N.E.2d 1218

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JAMES TANKSON, SR., Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Opinion filed December 31, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C.I. Harris and Charles B. Evins, both of Chicago, for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Marcia B. Orr, Mary Ellen Dienes, and Casimir J. Bartnik, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE McNAMARA delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, James Tankson, Sr., was charged with arson and murder. A jury found him guilty of both crimes, and the court sentenced him to seven years for arson and 20 years for murder, the sentences to run concurrently. On appeal defendant contends that the trial court erred in failing to suppress his written statement, that the trial court committed reversible error in refusing to...

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