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THE PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

No. 34785.

15 Ill.2d 244 (1958)

154 N.E.2d 274

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. GEORGE JOHNSON, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 26, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GEORGE JOHNSON, pro se.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and BENJAMIN S. ADAMOWSKI, State's Attorney, of Chicago, for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DAVIS delivered the opinion of the court:

In 1939, George Johnson, defendant, was convicted of the crime of murder in the criminal court of Cook County, in a trial by the court without a jury, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 99 years. In 1957 he obtained a bill of exceptions under Rule 65-1 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1957, chap. 110, par. 101.65-1,) and pursuant thereto petitioned...

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