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PEOPLE v. WASHINGTON

No. 33452.

5 Ill.2d 58 (1955)

124 N.E.2d 890

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. LESTER WASHINGTON, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed February 16, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

BEN ROBINSON, of Galesburg, for plaintiff in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and PRESTON W. KIMBALL, State's Attorney, of Carthage, (FRED G. LEACH, and GEORGE W. SCHWANER, JR., of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

An indictment returned October 17, 1949, to the circuit court of Hancock County charged defendant, Lester Washington, jointly with one Willie T. Jackson, with the crime of murder. Represented both by a court-appointed counsel and by an attorney of his own selection, defendant first made an unsuccessful motion to quash the indictment, then, on November 28, entered a plea of not...

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