PEOPLE v. SWEENEY

No. 31881.

409 Ill. 223 (1951)

99 N.E.2d 143

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. EUGENE SWEENEY, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 24, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

EUGENE SWEENEY, pro se.

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and CHARLES W. DENHAM, State's Attorney, of Marion, (HARRY L. PATE, of Tuscola, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

By this writ of error plaintiff in error, Eugene Sweeney, appearing pro se, seeks to reverse a judgment of the circuit court of Williamson County entered on his plea of guilty of the crime of armed robbery and sentencing him to the penitentiary for a term of one year to life. The cause is here on the common-law record.

From the record it appears that plaintiff in error...

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