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People v. Harris

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided January 30, 1969No. Gen. 50,867PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dempsey

About midnight on Thanksgiving eve, November 26, 1963, Mabel Hines, Lolita Davis, David Clifton, Thomas Scott and the defendant, Coylee Harris, left one Chicago tavern and started to walk to another one known as Pepper’s Lounge. After walking part way Scott hailed a cab. On the way, Scott told the driver he had a stop to make. The cab stopped under a viaduct at 44th and Calumet and, when it did, Scott pulled out a gun and said, “Hand it over.” Hines, Davis and Clifton jumped out of the cab and ran the rest of the way to Pepper’s Lounge. Fifteen minutes later Scott and Harris entered the…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  3. The PEOPLE v. MillerIllinois Supreme Court · 1958
  4. The People v. MacIasIllinois Supreme Court · 1968
  5. People v. ValentineAppellate Court of Illinois · 1965

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. People v. FieldsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1975
  2. People v. RiszowskiAppellate Court of Illinois · 1974
  3. People v. HarrisIllinois Supreme Court · 1973
  4. People v. ThomasAppellate Court of Illinois · 1977
  5. People v. LambAppellate Court of Illinois · 1974

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