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THE PEOPLE v. KIRKWOOD

No. 34895.

17 Ill.2d 23 (1959)

160 N.E.2d 766

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. JOSEPH KIRKWOOD, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied September 22, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

EDMUND H. GRANT, 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 WILLIAM L. CARLIN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgments affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE BRISTOW delivered the opinion of the court:

In 1951 Joseph Kirkwood was indicted in the criminal court of Cook County for the crime of forcible rape. Upon trial by jury he was found guilty and punishment was set at life imprisonment. His petition for a writ of error under Rule 65-1 and his petition for a writ of error under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act were allowed and have been...

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