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PEOPLE v. BENNETT

No. 33030.

3 Ill.2d 357 (1954)

121 N.E.2d 595

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. LYLE BENNETT, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied September 20, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

BERNARD MAXWELL, of Canton, and ROY P. HULL, of Peoria, for plaintiff in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and ROGER W. HAYES, State's Attorney, of Macomb, (FRED G. LEACH, and GEORGE W. SCHWANER, JR., of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE FULTON delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff in error, Lyle Bennett, was found guilty by a jury in the circuit court of McDonough County of the crimes of burglary and larceny. His motion for a new trial was overruled, and, after a hearing in aggravation and mitigation of the offense, he was sentenced by the court to serve a term of not less than ten years nor more than thirty years in the Illinois State Penitentiary....

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