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THE PEOPLE v. WATSON

No. 34179.

12 Ill.2d 250 (1957)

146 N.E.2d 53

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. JOSEPH WATSON, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 20, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOSEPH WATSON, pro se.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and BENJAMIN S. ADAMOWSKI, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, BRUCE E. KAUFMAN, L. LOUIS KARTON, and WILLIAM L. CARLIN, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

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

Joseph Watson pleaded guilty to the crime of burglary in the criminal court of Cook County, was convicted and sentenced to serve a term of one to ten years in the Illinois State Penitentiary. He prosecutes this writ of error on the common-law record only, contends that the sentence was improper, and asks this court to remand the cause...

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