People v. Pendleton

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE EGAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury convicted the defendant, Maurice Pendleton, of the murder of Deborah Goodlow and acquitted him of the murder of Dewey Crockett; he was sentenced to 100 to 199 years in the penitentiary.

On March 31, 1970, Priscilla Gilchrist was employed at the Madison Park Hotel at 1380 East Hyde Park Boulevard in Chicago as a switchboard operator and desk clerk. Her job included ‘buzzing the door” for people who wished to enter the hotel. At about 3 A.M., Dewey Crockett and another man came to the door to get into the hotel. Since she did…