THE PEOPLE v. MAURANTONIO

No. 33733.

8 Ill.2d 60 (1956)

132 N.E.2d 515

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. ROCCO MAURANTONIO, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 19, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

FRANK A. McDONNELL, of Chicago, (LOUIS A. ROSENTHAL, of counsel,) 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, and FRANCIS X. RILEY, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DAVIS delivered the opinion of the court:

This case comes to us by writ of error to the criminal court of Cook County. Rocco Maurantonio, defendant, was indicted on December 4, 1953, for the murder of one Francisco Campanelli. He was tried by a jury, found guilty of murder, and sentenced to 18 years in the State penitentiary.

It is conceded that the defendant shot and killed Campanelli, but defendant contends here, as...

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