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PEOPLE v. LA FRANA

No. 33163.

4 Ill.2d 261 (1954)

122 N.E.2d 583

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. ARTHUR LA FRANA, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 18, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOHN PAUL STEVENS, 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 McDONNELL, of counsel,) for the People.

Affirmed in part and reversed in part, and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

Arthur La Frana, hereafter referred to as the defendant, filed a petition in the criminal court of Cook County under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1953, chap. 38, pars. 826-832,) to set aside his two convictions, one of murder, the other of robbery. The petition was dismissed on motion. This court denied a petition for writ of error...

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