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PEOPLE v. SAMPSON

No. 32893.

1 Ill.2d 399 (1953)

115 N.E.2d 627

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. ARTHUR V. SAMPSON, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 18, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOHN A. McNAMARA, of Marseilles, for plaintiff in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and HARLAND D. WARREN, State's Attorney, of Ottawa, (WENDELL THOMPSON, FRED G. LEACH, and HARRY L. PATE, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE MAXWELL delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff in error, Arthur V. Sampson, was tried and found guilty by a jury on a charge of infamous crime against nature in the circuit court of La Salle County and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of one to ten years. He brings the cause here contending that the proof of guilt was insufficient, the State's Attorney's cross-examination was prejudicial, and the court erred...

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