Legal Opinion
The PEOPLE v. Norcutt
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided January 28, 1970No. 39744PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Schaefer
The defendant, Alan P. Norcutt, was convicted after a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County under indictments which charged him with setting fire to two separate buildings in Chicago and with the felony-murder of a fireman who was killed in the course of fighting one of the fires. The defendant, who was 17 years old and had one year of high school education, was sentenced to the Illinois State Penitentiary for a term of 15 to 20 years on each charge of arson and a term of 15 to 30 years on the charge of murder, the sentences to run concurrently. On this direct appeal he makes three…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Davis v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- The PEOPLE v. HesterIllinois Supreme Court · 1968
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3Cited by51 opinions
- People v. WillinghamIllinois Supreme Court · 1982
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- People v. FurbyIllinois Supreme Court · 1990
- People v. MassarellaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1979
- Coney v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1973
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