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PEOPLE v. RUFFIN

No. 31467.

406 Ill. 437 (1950)

94 N.E.2d 433

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. FLORITTA RUFFIN, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 21, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

FRANCIS T. McCURRIE, and JOHN M. BRANION, (ROBERT E. HARRINGTON, and JAMES F. ASHENDEN, JR., of counsel,) all 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, and JOHN M. LONG, all of Chicago, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE CRAMPTON delivered the opinion of the court:

This case comes to this court on a writ of error to review a judgment of the criminal court of Cook County, based on a jury verdict finding defendant, Floritta Ruffin, a colored person, guilty of the murder of John Baker, and which fixed her punishment at one hundred and ninety-nine years in the penitentiary.

She alleges there is reasonable doubt as to her guilt, because...

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