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THE PEOPLE v. STANTON

No. 35086.

16 Ill.2d 459 (1959)

158 N.E.2d 47

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. ROBERT L. STANTON et al., Plaintiffs in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 19, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

IRVING M. WISEMAN, and O'NEILL AND O'NEILL, both of Alton, for plaintiffs in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOSEPH B. SCHLARMAN, State's Attorney, of Carlyle, (FRED G. LEACH and WILLIAM H. SOUTH, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DAVIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants, Robert L. Stanton and William C. Corbin, were convicted by a jury in the circuit court of Clinton County of the crime of burglary. Their post-trial motions were denied and each defendant was sentenced to serve a term of not less than one nor more than ten years in the penitentiary. They prosecuted a writ of error to review the judgment of the circuit court and contend that...

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