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THE PEOPLE v. HERZIC

No. 34071.

9 Ill.2d 572 (1956)

138 N.E.2d 482

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. FRANK A. HERZIC, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 26, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

FRANK A. HERZIC, pro se.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN GUTKNECHT, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (IRWIN D. BLOCH, JOHN T. GALLAGHER, RUDOLPH L. JANEGA, and WILLIAM L. CARLIN, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

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

After trial by jury in the criminal court of Cook County Frank A. Herzic was convicted of the crime of burglary. He was sentenced to the penitentiary for life, under the Habitual Criminal Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1947, chap. 38, par. 602.) He prosecutes this writ of error pro se, contending that the court erred in sentencing him as an habitual criminal. Only the common-law...

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