PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. 33597.

7 Ill.2d 271 (1955)

130 N.E.2d 194

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. LONNIE WILLIAMS, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 23, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LONNIE WILLIAMS, pro se.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, (FRED G. LEACH, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

By this writ of error Lonnie Williams seeks to reverse a judgment of the circuit court of Wabash County which convicted him of the murder of Gertrude Newbanks and sentenced him to the penitentiary for a term of 99 years. He appears pro se and contends that the indictment was insufficient, that he was induced to withdraw his plea of...

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