PEOPLE v. O'CONNELL

No. 32195.

411 Ill. 591 (1952)

104 N.E.2d 825

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. LAWRENCE O'CONNELL, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 20, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LAWRENCE O'CONNELL, pro se.

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 WILLIAM J. McGAH, JR., all of Chicago, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff in error, Lawrence O'Connell, was tried before a jury in the criminal court of Cook County for robbery while armed. He was found guilty and sentenced to the penitentiary for the term of his natural life. Appearing in this court pro se and presenting only the common-law record, he prosecutes this writ of error contending: (1) that improper evidence was allowed to...

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