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THE PEOPLE v. WHITCOMB

No. 33795.

8 Ill.2d 160 (1956)

133 N.E.2d 260

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. EARNEST WHITCOMB, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 22, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

EARNEST WHITCOMB, pro se.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and FRANK W. CURRAN, State's Attorney, of Kankakee, (FRED G. LEACH, and EDWIN A. STRUGALA, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgments affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DAVIS delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Earnest Whitcomb, appearing pro se, prosecutes this writ of error for review by this court of the common-law records of his 1954 convictions of the crimes of assault with intent to commit murder of two persons. He entered pleas of guilty, and the questions before this court concern the validity and form of the judgments sentencing him to the Illinois State Penitentiary...

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