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THE PEOPLE v. SAMMONS

No. 35164.

17 Ill.2d 316 (1959)

161 N.E.2d 322

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. ARTHUR SAMMONS, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 24, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. VERN LAHART, of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

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

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Arthur Sammons was tried by jury in the criminal court of Cook County and convicted of the crime of murder. A writ of error has been issued by this court to review the judgment of conviction.

The principal assignment of error is that the defendant's confession which was introduced in evidence at the trial was induced by police brutality and a promise of leniency. It is also...

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