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PEOPLE v. BISHOP

No. 32846.

1 Ill.2d 60 (1953)

114 N.E.2d 566

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. JAMES JOY BISHOP, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 24, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JAMES JOY BISHOP, pro se.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JAMES E. BALES, State's Attorney, of Dixon, (FRED G. LEACH, and HARRY L. PATE, of counsel,) for the People.

Order and judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE FULTON delivered the opinion of the court:

On January 16, 1953, James Joy Bishop, hereafter referred to as the defendant, filed in the circuit court of Lee County his motion in the nature of a writ of error coram nobis seeking to set aside a judgment of that court entered on June 22, 1949, on his plea of guilty to an indictment charging him with the crimes of kidnapping and kidnapping for ransom, upon which he...

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