THE PEOPLE v. TREFONAS

No. 33899.

9 Ill.2d 92 (1956)

136 N.E.2d 817

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. GEORGE PETER TREFONAS, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied September 24, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

SYDNEY R. MAROVITS, of Chicago, (RICHARD H. DEVINE, of counsel,) for plaintiff in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN GUTKNECHT, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, EDWIN A. STRUGALA, IRWIN D. BLOCH, JOHN T. GALLAGHER, RUDOLPH L. JANEGA, and WILLIAM L. CARLIN, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE MAXWELL delivered the opinion of the court:

George Peter Trefonas, plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, along with two other persons, was charged with larceny and accessory after the fact of larceny by the grand jury of Cook County in an indictment filed in the criminal court of Cook County at the July, 1954, term. The three entered pleas of not guilty and were tried jointly...

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