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• Title: People v. Madison
• Author : Supreme Court of Illinois
• Release Date : January 20, 1974
• Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 66 KB

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Defendant, Calvin Madison, and Thomas Charles were indicted for the murder and armed robbery of John Hogan, who worked as a gas station attendant in Rockford, Illinois. Following a separate jury trial in the circuit court of Winnebago County, defendant Madison was convicted of both offenses and upon the jury's recommendation the death penalty was imposed. While defendant's direct appeal was pending in this court (43 Ill.2d R. 603), he filed a petition seeking post-conviction relief (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 38, par. 122-1 et seq.). After an evidentiary hearing at which counsel was appointed to advise defendant, the petition was denied and defendant appealed. Issues pertaining to the admissibility of defendant's confession and possible adverse pretrial publicity are common to both appeals, which have been consolidated for decision and opinion. The evidence adduced at trial may be summarized as follows: On January 22, 1970, about 8:20 P.M., a customer drove into a gasoline station owned by the victim's father. The station was located on the northwest corner of Miriam and State in Rockford. When no one appeared to service the vehicle, the customer entered to find the victim in a sitting position on the washroom floor. His head was bloody. The customer informed the victim's father, who lived adjacent to the station, and the police were notified. The victim was hospitalized but died the next morning at 10:00 A.M. from two .22-caliber bullets which had entered the top of his head and penetrated the brain in a downward trajectory. One other bullet had grazed his skull, and there were entrance and exit wounds in the victim's neck where he had also been shot. Approximately $190 was missing from the station register.

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