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THE PEOPLE v. DONALDSON

No. 33858.

8 Ill.2d 510 (1956)

134 N.E.2d 776

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. CALVIN DONALDSON, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 23, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

EDMUND H. GRANT, 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 ROBERT J. SMITH, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Per CURIAM:

Calvin Donaldson, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was one of three men jointly indicted for the murder of Ferdinand Wesley which occurred in the city of Chicago on April 13, 1954. His two alleged accomplices were apprehended and thereafter pleaded guilty to this charge. Donaldson submitted his cause to a jury trial which commenced in the criminal court of Cook County on January 10, 1955, and which resulted in a...

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