MORGAN v. THE PEOPLE

No. 34888.

16 Ill.2d 374 (1959)

158 N.E.2d 24

EDWARD MORGAN, Plaintiff in Error, v. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 19, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

EDWARD MORGAN, pro se, and LLOYD J. TYLER, JR., of Chicago, 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, and FRANCIS X. RILEY, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE BRISTOW delivered the opinion of the court:

This case is before us on writ of error sued out by Edward Morgan to review a judgment of the criminal court of Cook County dismissing his petition in the nature of a writ of error coram nobis.

The petition alleged that petitioner pleaded guilty to the crime of armed robbery in 1940 and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than one year nor more than...

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