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THE PEOPLE v. SHRUM

No. 34344.

12 Ill.2d 261 (1957)

146 N.E.2d 12

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. BUREL SHRUM, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 20, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

BUREL, SHRUM, pro se.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, (FRED G. LEACH, and BRUCE E. KAUFMAN, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

In 1947 Burel Shrum pleaded guilty to an indictment that charged him with murder. Upon his plea he was adjudged guilty, and after a hearing in mitigation and aggravation he was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 199 years.

On this writ of error to review the judgment of conviction he first contends that the sentence of 199...

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