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PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

No. 32965.

2 Ill.2d 165 (1954)

117 N.E.2d 91

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. MARION JOHNSON, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 20, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ALEX J. VICTOR, and JOHN S. GHENT, both of Rockford, and KARL YOST, of Morrison, for plaintiff in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and ROBERT R. CANFIELD, State's Attorney, of Rockford, (WILLIAM R. NASH, FRED G. LEACH, and ROBERT L. BURNS, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE FULTON delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff in error, Marion Johnson, was indicted by the grand jury of Winnebago County at the October, 1952, term of the circuit court. Counts 1, 2 and 3 of the indictment charged plaintiff in error with the murder of one Amos Floyd by shooting him with a pistol. The fourth count charged manslaughter. On arraignment, a motion was made to quash the indictment on the ground that the grand...

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