People v. McClindon

The defendants, Charles M. McClindon and Millard V. Hubbard, were jointly indicted for the murder of Leon Hunt. They were tried together by a jury in the circuit court of Cook County and verdicts were returned finding each defendant guilty of murder. Each defendant appealed to the Appellate Court for the First District where the appeals were consolidated and the judgments of the circuit court affirmed. (People v. Hubbard, 4 Ill. App. 3d 729.) Separate petitions for leave to appeal to this court were allowed, and the cases are again consolidated for opinion in this court.

On January 21, 1968,…