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THE PEOPLE v. ODEN

No. 35682.

20 Ill.2d 470 (1960)

170 N.E.2d 582

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. LARRY ODEN et al., Plaintiffs in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed December 1, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

EDMUND H. GRANT, of Chicago, for plaintiff in error James Davis; and GERALD W. GETTY, Public Defender, and JOHN M. BRANION, Assistant Public Defender, both of Chicago, for plaintiff in error Larry Oden.

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.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

Larry Oden and James Davis were tried jointly in the criminal court of Cook County for the murder of one Roy Carney and the jury returned verdicts finding each defendant guilty and fixing their punishment at death. A writ of error has been issued to review the judgments of conviction. Before proceeding to an analysis of the assignments of error by each defendant, we believe that...

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