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THE PEOPLE v. PROHASKA

No. 33683.

8 Ill.2d 579 (1956)

134 N.E.2d 799

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. MERLE PROHASKA, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 23, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MERLE PROHASKA, pro se.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and CARROLL V. WINTERSTEEN, State's Attorney, of Havana, (FRED G. LEACH, and EDWIN A. STRUGALA, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE MAXWELL delivered the opinion of the court:

The indictment against plaintiff in error, Merle Prohaska, consisted of four counts, in each of which, in varying language, it was alleged that plaintiff in error, Melvin Hodson and Thomas Skelly did, on April 6, 1947, at Havana, Mason County, kill and murder one John Barclay.

Plaintiff in error was tried jointly with his codefendants, before a jury, and was found guilty of...

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