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PEOPLE v. WHEELER

No. 33310.

5 Ill.2d 474 (1955)

126 N.E.2d 228

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. WALTER WHEELER, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 16, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C.E. TATE, of Champaign, for plaintiff in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and BEN F. RAILSBACK, State's Attorney, of Pekin, (FRED G. LEACH, and GEORGE W. SCHWANER, JR., of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE MAXWELL delivered the opinion of the court:

An indictment filed in the circuit court of Tazewell County on February 9, 1953, charged that plaintiff in error, Walter Wheeler, and one Ellis R. Williamson committed the crime of armed robbery in that county on December 14, 1952. Wheeler's motion to quash the indictment was overruled and the case proceeded to trial as to Wheeler alone on May 14, 1953. Evidence was heard and the jury...

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