PEOPLE v. COLI

No. 32968.

2 Ill.2d 186 (1954)

117 N.E.2d 777

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. ECO JAMES COLI, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 15, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

CHARLES A. BELLOWS, 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 JOSEPH WOSIK, all of Chicago, of counsel,) for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

After a trial by jury in the criminal court of Cook County the defendant, Eco James Coli, was found guilty of armed robbery, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term not less than eight years nor more than twelve. He seeks review by writ of error, contending that the evidence of identification is insufficient and that prejudicial remarks of the trial judge deprived him...

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