People v. Hall

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE JONES

delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Jackson County the defendant was convicted of the crime of murder (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 38, par. 9 — 1) and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 14 nor more than 15 years.

The conviction appealed followed the second trial on the charge of murder, the first trial having ended in a hung jury. Defendant’s initial contention is that the second trial on the charge of murder was barred by article I, section 10, of the Constitution of the State of Illinois and by the fifth and…