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THE PEOPLE v. COX

No. 34353.

12 Ill.2d 265 (1957)

146 N.E.2d 19

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. WALTER COX, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 20, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOHN J. DOBRY, and ALLEN M. QUINN, both of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and BENJAMIN S. ADAMOWSKI, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, JOHN T. GALLAGHER, BRUCE E. KAUFMAN, L. LOUIS KARTON, and WILLIAM L. CARLIN, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

Walter Cox, to whom we shall refer as defendant, was found guilty of murder after a trial by jury in the criminal court of Cook County and was sentenced to serve 14 years in the Illinois State Reformatory. Five years later, in 1955, his petition seeking relief under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act was dismissed after a hearing on the merits. To review that judgment of dismissal we...

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