PEOPLE v. JAMES

No. 15485.

100 Ill. App.3d 986 (1981)

427 N.E.2d 606

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. THOMAS RAY JAMES, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed October 15, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Yuhas and David Bergschneider, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Edward Litak, State's Attorney, of Danville (Robert J. Biderman and Garry Bryan, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE MILLS delivered the opinion of the court:

Murder — 40 years.

We affirmed.

The United States Supreme Court has sent it back to us.

We must now reverse and remand.

James' conviction for the murder of David Holler is here upon remand by the Supreme Court of the United States (James v. Illinois (1981), ___ U.S. ___, 69 L.Ed.2d 386, 101 S.Ct. 3001), which directed this court to reconsider...

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