PEOPLE v. KOSEARAS

No. 31703.

408 Ill. 179 (1951)

96 N.E.2d 539

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. PETER KOSEARAS, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 18, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WAYNE WILSON, and LOWELL B. SMITH, both of Sycamore, for plaintiff in error.

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and CLARK H. COUNTRYMAN, State's Attorney, of Sycamore, (HARRY L. PATE, of Tuscola, of counsel,) for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a writ of error to review a judgment of conviction entered by the circuit court of De Kalb County against the defendant, Peter Kosearas, for the crime of uttering a fictitious check. He was tried before a jury and upon its verdict of guilty was sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than five nor more than ten years. He complains here of the competency and sufficiency...

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