PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. 31362.

405 Ill. 574 (1950)

92 N.E.2d 120

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. EARL WILLIAMS, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 15, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

EARL WILLIAMS, pro se.

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and ALBERT W. HALL, State's Attorney, of Jacksonville, (WILLIAM T. WILSON, of Jacksonville, and HARRY L. PATE, of Tuscola, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE CRAMPTON delivered the opinion of the court:

On June 17, 1946, plaintiff in error was indicted in the circuit court of Morgan County for the crime of murder, and counsel was appointed to defend him. Thereafter he executed a jury waiver, entered a plea of guilty, and was convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for life. He prosecutes this writ of error, seeking a reversal on the ground that the indictment is insufficient....

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