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THE PEOPLE v. MORRIS

No. 33903.

9 Ill.2d 359 (1956)

137 N.E.2d 840

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. HENRY MORRIS, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 19, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

HENRY MORRIS, pro se.

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.

Reversed and remanded.

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

Plaintiff in error Henry Morris, and one Fisher Brown, were indicted in the criminal court of Cook County for the crime of murder. Plaintiff in error, who was tried separately before a jury, was found guilty. He was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 199 years, and prosecutes this writ of error to review the proceedings.

The record shows that on August 28...

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