PEOPLE v. PRUSZEWSKI

No. 32610.

414 Ill. 409 (1953)

111 N.E.2d 313

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. EDWARD PRUSZEWSKI, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 23, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

THADDEUS C. TOUDOR, and ZOE KUTA, both of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN GUTKNECHT, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (JOHN T. GALLAGHER, RUDOLPH L. JANEGA, ARTHUR F. MANNING, and GEORGE J. COTSIRILOS, all of Chicago, of counsel,) for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE BRISTOW delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff in error, Edward Pruszewski, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted of murder in the criminal court of Cook County by a jury, on June 26, 1952, and his punishment fixed at death. On writ of error, defendant here seeks a review and a reversal, relying principally upon alleged prejudicial errors committed by the trial court in excluding competent evidence offered on...

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