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THE PEOPLE v. MUNROE

No. 34135.

15 Ill.2d 91 (1958)

154 N.E.2d 225

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. ROLAND MUNROE, JR., Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 26, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

PRENTICE H. MARSHALL, of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and BENJAMIN S. ADAMOWSKI, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRANCIS X. RILEY and EDWIN A. STRUGALA, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

In 1936 the plaintiff in error, Roland Munroe, Jr., fifteen years of age, was indicted and tried by jury in the criminal court of Cook County for the crime of murder. His defense was that he was insane at the time he committed the act with which he was charged. The jury returned a verdict of guilty on October 21, 1936, and fixed his punishment at 199 years in the penitentiary...

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