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PEOPLE v. VITALE

No. 32709.

3 Ill.2d 99 (1954)

119 N.E.2d 784

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. JOSEPH VITALE, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 24, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

STANTON, STANTON & GLEESON, of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

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

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

On August 30, 1951, Joseph Vitale filed his original petition in the criminal court of Cook County, seeking relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1951, chap. 38, pars. 826-832.) A hearing was had, and an order was thereafter entered denying relief. We have allowed a writ of error to review the proceedings.

In 1935 ten indictments for murder were returned...

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