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People v. Queen

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided March 29, 1974No. 45646PublishedCited by 126 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ward

William Queen, the defendant, was found guilty of burglary by a jury in the circuit court of Will County and was sentenced to a term of not less than 3 years nor more than 10 years in the penitentiary. The sentence was ordered to run consecutively to two sentences of 1 to 3 years imposed earlier in the circuit court of Perry County for other burglaries. The appellate court affirmed the judgment, with one justice dissenting (People v. Queen, 8 Ill. App. 3d 858), and we allowed leave to appeal.

At about 4:30 A.M. on September 24, 1970, two Joliet police officers, James Grace and David Farmer,…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. The People v. TrefonasIllinois Supreme Court · 1956
  3. People v. PierceIllinois Supreme Court · 1974
  4. O'Donnell v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
  5. People ex rel. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. DonovanIllinois Supreme Court · 1964

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3Cited by126 opinions

  1. People v. KlinerIllinois Supreme Court · 1998
  2. People v. FloresIllinois Supreme Court · 1989
  3. People v. WilliamsIllinois Supreme Court · 1975
  4. People v. ChapmanIllinois Supreme Court · 2000
  5. People v. BryantIllinois Supreme Court · 1983

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