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THE PEOPLE v. RUSSELL

No. 34852.

17 Ill.2d 328 (1959)

161 N.E.2d 309

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. MARQUESS F. RUSSELL, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 24, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MILTON A. FISCHER, of Rockford, for plaintiff in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN A. STROM, State's Attorney, of Belvidere, (FRED G. LEACH, and WILLIAM H. SOUTH, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

Marquess F. Russell, Herschel Adams and Richard Deemter were indicted for burglary. Russell was tried alone before a jury, was convicted, and was sentenced to a term of not less than three nor more than ten years in the penitentiary. The question that has given us most concern, upon this writ of error to review his conviction, is the sufficiency of the proof to establish his guilt...

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