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- Title: People v. Butler
- Author : Supreme Court of Illinois
- Release Date : January 17, 1974
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 59 KB
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James Butler was indicted for murder and three counts of armed robbery. A Cook County circuit court jury found him guilty on two of the armed robbery counts and on the murder charge, recommending death as the murder penalty. The trial court imposed concurrent terms of 15 to 40 years imprisonment on the armed robbery charges and imposed the recommended death sentence for the murder. Our Rule 603 provides a direct appeal here in death-sentence cases. 50 Ill.2d R. 603. On October 21, 1969, a man entered the waiting room of the Ram Tool Corporation carrying a music case. He sat briefly in the waiting room, withdrew a sawed-off rifle from the case, entered the main office area and announced a holdup. Employees were instructed to lie on the floor and place their money on the floor beside them. The man then entered a business machine room adjacent to the main office area. The murder victim, unaware of the holdup in progress, entered this room from his private office and was fatally shot by the armed robber. The man then returned to the main office, picked up money put on the floor by the employees and fled.