People v. Kilgore

On May 17, 1969, 17-year-old Michael Causher was shot in the head and killed in front of a laundromat at 5056 South Cottage Grove Avenue in Chicago. For that murder Larry Kilgore, Ricky Smith, Henry Horton and Norvell Ealey were indicted and tried by a jury in the Cook County circuit court. Verdicts of not guilty were directed at the close of defendants’ case as to all defendants except Kilgore, as to whom a guilty verdict was returned and a sentence of 15 to 30 years imposed. The First District Appellate Court reversed the conviction because of the absence of proof beyond a reasonable doubt…