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THE PEOPLE v. GILBERT

No. 34269.

12 Ill.2d 410 (1957)

147 N.E.2d 44

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. EDWARD GILBERT, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied January 20, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

PETER A. DAMMANN, of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

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 JOHN J. STAMOS, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

After trial by jury in the criminal court of Cook County, the defendant Edward Gilbert was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. He now seeks reversal of this conviction by writ of error.

The errors urged by the defendant are that (1) the evidence was insufficient to establish premeditated murder; (2) the trial judge was so arbitrary and injudicious in his...

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