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THE PEOPLE v. SPANN

No. 35599.

20 Ill.2d 338 (1960)

169 N.E.2d 781

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. JOHN SPANN, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 31, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ROBERT E. MASON, JR., and FRANKLIN A. CHANEN, both of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

WILLIAM L. GUILD, Attorney General, of Springfield, and BENJAMIN S. ADAMOWSKI, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, and FRANCIS X. RILEY, and JAMES R. THOMPSON, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, John Spann, who pleaded not guilty and waived a jury, was found guilty of murder after a bench trial conducted in the criminal court of Cook County in September, 1940, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 199 years. We have allowed this application for writ of error filed under Rule 65-1(2) of this court.

No issue is raised as to the propriety of the...

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