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THE PEOPLE v. RYAN

No. 33917.

9 Ill.2d 467 (1956)

138 N.E.2d 516

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. HELEN JOAN RYAN, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 26, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WESTON AND KEENAN, of Rockford, (MAX A. WESTON, of counsel,) for plaintiff in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and ROBERT R. CANFIELD, State's Attorney, of Rockford, (FRED G. LEACH, EDWIN A. STRUGALA, and ROSARIO A. GAZIANO, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE BRISTOW delivered the opinion of the court:

By this writ of error Helen Joan Ryan, hereinafter referred to as defendant, seeks a reversal of a judgment entered in the circuit court of Winnebago County wherein she was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to serve three to ten years in the Illinois State Reformatory for Women.

Defendant was indicted on a two-count...

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