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PEOPLE v. BANKS

No. 33551.

7 Ill.2d 119 (1955)

129 N.E.2d 759

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. JAMES BISHOP BANKS, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 21, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

EUCLID LOUIS TAYLOR, of Chicago, (WILLIAM L. CARLIN and LOUIS A. ROSENTHAL, of counsel,) for plaintiff in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN GUTKNECHT, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (JOHN T. GALLAGHER, and RUDOLPH L. JANEGA, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE MAXWELL delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter designated defendant, was convicted by a jury of the murder of one Marvin Dudley on April 16, 1953, in Cook County, and was sentenced to 99 years in the penitentiary. This writ of error is for the purpose of reviewing that conviction and sentence.

The defendant complains that the State did not make out a prima facie case; that the motion...

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