PEOPLE v. HAMILTON

No. 31033.

404 Ill. 259 (1949)

88 N.E.2d 878

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. JESSE HAMILTON, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 22, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JESSE HAMILTON, pro se.

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN S. BOYLE, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (JOHN T. GALLAGHER, and W.S. MIROSLAWSKI, both of Chicago, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE GUNN delivered the opinion of the court:

Jesse Hamilton, plaintiff in error, was convicted of the crime of burglary in the criminal court of Cook County, and on July 28, 1947, he was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than two nor more than five years. The cause was tried before the court without a jury. Plaintiff in error has assigned a number of errors, but the only one briefed and argued is that the court...

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