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McKEAG v. THE PEOPLE

No. 33730.

7 Ill.2d 586 (1956)

131 N.E.2d 517

JOHN ARTHUR McKEAG, Defendant in Error, v. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 19, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

GERALD W. GETTY, Public Defender, of Chicago, (JOHN M. BRANION, of counsel,) for defendant in error.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a writ of error to review a judgment of the criminal court of Cook County which granted a new trial to the petitioner, John Arthur McKeag, after a hearing under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1955, chap. 38, pars. 826-832.) On June 8, 1953, McKeag pleaded guilty to four counts of armed robbery and was sentenced to...

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