PEOPLE v. ORTEGA

No. 33345.

5 Ill.2d 79 (1955)

125 N.E.2d 481

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. JOSEPH ORTEGA, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed February 16, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOSEPH ORTEGA, pro se.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN GUTKNECHT, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (JOHN T. GALLAGHER, and RUDOLPH L. JANEGA, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

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

Plaintiff in error, Joseph Ortega, appears here pro se claiming reversible error in a proceeding in the criminal court of Cook County, wherein he was found guilty by a jury of armed robbery, resulting in his sentence to the Illinois State Penitentiary on July 24, 1950, for a term of not less than five nor more than fifteen years.

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