Legal Opinion
People v. Wilson
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided June 26, 1995No. Nos. 3—94—0382, 3—94—0384 consPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Slater
Defendants Earnest Wilson and Charles Harris, residents of State-ville Correctional Center, together with another inmate, Fred Collins, were charged with the 1981 murder of fellow inmate George Bailey (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, pars. 5 — 2(c), 9 — 1(a)(1)). They were tried jointly, found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment. Their convictions and sentences were sustained on appeal to this court in an order issued June 2, 1986 (People v. Harris (1986), 143 Ill. App. 3d 1163, 507 N.E.2d 557 (unpublished order under Supreme Court Rule 23)), and by the Illinois Supreme Court in an…
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