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THE PEOPLE v. HOMER

No. 33839.

8 Ill.2d 268 (1956)

133 N.E.2d 284

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. JOE HOMER, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 22, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

EUGENE W. WOOD, of Chicago, 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, WILLIAM L. CARLIN, and SAMUEL PAPANEK, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Joe Homer, was convicted of larceny after a trial without a jury in the criminal court of Cook County and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than nine nor more than ten years. He assigns as error that the evidence did not prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, that prejudicial evidence was improperly admitted, and that the State's Attorney was...

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