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PEOPLE v. LETTRICH

No. 32310.

413 Ill. 172 (1952)

108 N.E.2d 488

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. GEORGE LETTRICH, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 17, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

FRANCIS T. McCURRIE, ROBERT E. HARRINGTON, and IRWIN D. BLOCH, 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, ARTHUR F. MANNING, and WILLIAM J. McGAH, JR., all of Chicago, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE MAXWELL delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff in error, George Lettrich, hereinafter called defendant, comes to this court by writ of error to review his conviction and death sentence by the criminal court of Cook County for the crime of murder.

On the morning of December 18, 1948, the body of one Roberta Rinearson, a girl of the age of ten years, was found lying...

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