People v. Hinton

Defendant, Edward Hinton, was charged with a series of separate criminal offenses which occurred on May 21, 1967, including armed robbery and attempt murder. Defendant was found guilty by a jury on April 25, 1968, of four counts of attempt murder and four counts of armed robbery. He was sentenced to the penitentiary to concurrent terms of 15 to 20 years and 40 to 60 years respectively.

In May, 1969, defendant was tiled on other indictments arising from a series of separate offenses defendant allegedly committed on May 21, 1967. In this trial, defendant was found not guilty by reason of…