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PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

Nos. 32589 and 32872.

415 Ill. 628 (1953)

114 N.E.2d 667

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. WALTER JOHNSON et al., Plaintiffs in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 25, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

FRANCIS T. McCURRIE, of Chicago, (JOHN M. FLAHERTY, and JOHN M. BRANION, of counsel,) for plaintiff in error Daniel Gaines; WALTER JOHNSON, pro se.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN GUTKNECHT, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (JOHN T. GALLAGHER, RUDOLPH L. JANEGA, and ARTHUR F. MANNING, all of Chicago, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE FULTON delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiffs in error, herein termed defendants, were indicted in the criminal court of Cook County for armed robbery, where each defendant pleaded not guilty. Both defendants were awarded separate jury trials and both were found guilty by the verdict of a jury. Judgments were entered upon the verdicts and both defendants were thereupon sentenced by the court to the penitentiary...

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