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- Title: People v. Higgins
- Author : Supreme Court of Illinois
- Release Date : January 14, 1972
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 59 KB
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Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant Henry Higgins was found guilty of murder and armed robbery
and sentenced to 30 to 60 years imprisonment. This appeal followed. On May 8, 1968, between the hours of 1:30 and 2:00 A.M., Mary Halley and her niece, Julia Ridesky, were returning to Mary
Halley's home at 4722 South Loomis in Chicago where they were robbed and Mary Halley shot. The offenses were committed by
a male Negro who had come from a small white car containing several Negroes. Officer Gary Maynard testified that he and Officer
Gerald Corliss were parked in separate police vehicles at approximately 1:30 A.M. when they received a radio call that a robbery
was in progress at 4722 Loomis Avenue. As they proceeded toward that address they received another call that shots had been
fired and that the suspect's car was a small white car containing black occupants. While driving west on 47th Street, Officer
Maynard saw a car with occupants fitting the earlier description turn east onto 47th Street from either Loomis or Adams [sic].
He testified that there was no other traffic in the area at that time. As the suspected vehicle approached and passed by,
Officer Maynard made a U-turn, gave chase and saw an object tossed out the right-hand side of the vehicle. He stopped the
car and arrested its five occupants including defendant. Officer Corliss arrived, was sent back to search for the thrown
object and found a .32 caliber revolver. Shortly thereafter Mrs. Ridesky was brought to the scene of the arrest and identified
defendant as the offender. He and the other occupants of the car, including his sister, Imogene, were taken to the Ninth District
Police Station where a search of the five produced six dollars and some change.
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