THE PEOPLE v. ROGERS

No. 34969.

16 Ill.2d 175 (1959)

157 N.E.2d 28

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. JAMES DUANE ROGERS, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 20, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JAMES DUANE ROGERS, pro se, and JAMES A. UHL, of Decatur, for plaintiff in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and HILMER C. LANDHOLT, State's Attorney, of Decatur, (FRED G. LEACH, WILLIAM H. SOUTH, and EDWARD BOOTH, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

James Rogers and Thomas Biggers were jointly indicted for the crime of larceny and were tried by jury in the circuit court of Macon County. Biggers was found not guilty and Rogers was found guilty. Rogers has obtained a writ of error from this court to review the judgment of conviction. The brief filed by plaintiff in error, herein called defendant, contains ten separate assignments of...

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