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NAPUE v. THE PEOPLE

No. 34352.

13 Ill.2d 566 (1958)

150 N.E.2d 613

HENRY NAPUE, Plaintiff in Error, v. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 21, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GEORGE N. LEIGHTON, of Chicago, (MOORE, MING & LEIGHTON, of counsel,) for plaintiff in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and BENJAMIN S. ADAMOWSKI, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, WILLIAM H. SOUTH, FRANCIS X. RILEY, and JOHN T. GALLAGHER, of counsel,) for the People.

Order affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

Henry Napue filed a petition in the criminal court of Cook County under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1957, chap. 38, pars. 826-832,) seeking to set aside a conviction for murder on the ground that it was obtained by the knowing use of perjured testimony. It is further alleged that oral admissions were made as a result of coercion during an illegal detention, and that...

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