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THE PEOPLE v. CARPENTER

No. 34152.

11 Ill.2d 60 (1957)

142 N.E.2d 11

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. RICHARD DANIEL CARPENTER, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 20, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DANIEL C. AHERN, and KEVIN J. GILLOGLY, 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, RUDOLPH L. JANEGA, and WILLIAM L. CARLIN, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Per CURIAM:

After trial in the criminal court of Cook County, a jury found the defendant, Richard Daniel Carpenter, guilty of murder and fixed his punishment at death. Execution has been stayed pending writ of error proceedings in this court.

The sole defense to the crime alleged, the murder of a Chicago police officer, was insanity; and the defendant's principal assignment of error is that...

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