People v. Hister

The defendant, Cleo Hister, and Joe Newson were jointly indicted and tried for the murder of Richard Wilson, found guilty by a jury, and each sentenced to serve 16 to 30 years in the penitentiary. In a separate appeal, Newson’s conviction was reversed by the Appellate Court for the First District because the evidence failed to establish his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. (People v. Newson (1971), 133 Ill. App. 2d 511.) On this appeal, a different division of that court reversed Hister’s conviction for the same reason, one judge dissenting (20 Ill. App. 3d 933), and we granted the State’s…