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THE PEOPLE v. FINN

No. 35255.

17 Ill.2d 614 (1959)

162 N.E.2d 354

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. JAMES FINN, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 18, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

HEINEMAN, MARKS, SIMONS & HOUGHTELING, of Chicago, (F. RAYMON MARKS, JR., and MARSHALL PATNER, of counsel,) for plaintiff in error.

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

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, James Finn, was indicted in the criminal court of Cook County for the crime of burglary and, by subsequent counts of the same indictment, was also charged with being an habitual criminal. Upon a verdict of guilty by a jury, together with a finding that defendant had previously been convicted of burglary, the court sentenced him to imprisonment in the penitentiary for life...

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