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PEOPLE v. BURKERT

No. 33476.

7 Ill.2d 506 (1955)

131 N.E.2d 495

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. ALFRED BURKERT, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 23, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

CRAWFORD & HEALY, of Waukegan, for plaintiff in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and ROBERT C. NELSON, State's Attorney, of Waukegan, (JOHN L. DAVIDSON, JR., FRED G. LEACH, GEORGE W. SCHWANER, JR., and KENNETH R. SHORTS, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE MAXWELL delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a writ of error to review a judgment of the circuit court of Lake County convicting Alfred Burkert of contempt of court for his failure to answer questions before the grand jury, and sentencing him to the Illinois State Farm at Vandalia for a term of six months. The judgment followed the entry of an order granting Burkert immunity under the witness immunity statute enacted in...

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