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THE PEOPLE v. DAVIS

No. 36689.

29 Ill.2d 127 (1963)

193 N.E.2d 841

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. NATHAN DAVIS, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 25, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DANIEL A. DON, of Chicago, appointed by the Court, for plaintiff in error.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and DANIEL P. WARD, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH and E. MICHAEL O'BRIEN, Assistant Attorneys General, and ELMER C. KISSANE and RICHARD T. BUCK, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury trial in the criminal court of Cook County, the defendant, Nathan Davis, was convicted of the murder of one Louis Johnson and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 25 years. He prosecutes this writ of error for review contending that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, and that trial errors deprived him of a fair and impartial trial.

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