PEOPLE v. LUEDER

No. 33138.

3 Ill.2d 487 (1954)

121 N.E.2d 743

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. DONALD LUEDER, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 23, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

FRANCIS T. McCURRIE, of Chicago, (JOHN T. DUFFY, and JOHN M. BRANION, of counsel,) 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 ZADEK, all of Chicago, of counsel,) for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a trial in the criminal court of Cook County without a jury, Donald Lueder, plaintiff in error, was adjudged guilty of burning a building and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of one year to one year and a day. He prosecutes this writ of error contending, first, that the court erroneously admitted a tape or wire recorded confession into evidence without proper foundation...

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