PEOPLE v. CRUMP

No. 33334.

5 Ill.2d 251 (1955)

125 N.E.2d 615

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. PAUL CRUMP, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 24, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

EDMUND H. GRANT, 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, IRWIN D. BLOCH, and JOSEPH V. McGOVERN, of counsel,) for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE BRISTOW delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff in error, Paul Crump, hereinafter referred to as defendant, has brought a writ of error to review and reverse his conviction of murder and his sentence to death in the criminal court of Cook County.

The defendant, together with David Taylor, Eugene Taylor, Harold Riggins and Hudson Tillman, was jointly indicted...

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