PEOPLE v. POLENIK

No. 31366.

407 Ill. 337 (1950)

95 N.E.2d 414

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. RAYMOND POLENIK, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 27, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

CHARLES A. BELLOWS, of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN S. BOYLE, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (JOHN T. GALLAGHER, RUDOLPH L. JANEGA, ARTHUR F. MANNING, and EDWARD F. HEALY, all of Chicago, of counsel,) for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE CRAMPTON delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Raymond Polenik, was indicted in the criminal court of Cook County for the crime of murder. He was tried by a jury and found guilty, and his punishment fixed at death. He prosecutes this writ of error to review the proceedings, assigning as error alleged misconduct of the State's Attorney and the trial judge; the admission of allegedly incompetent and prejudicial...

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