THE PEOPLE v. ROBINSON

No. 35763.

22 Ill.2d 162 (1961)

174 N.E.2d 820

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. THEODORE ROBINSON, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 19, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LEAH I. BROCK, of Chicago, (ALICE D. JOHNS, of counsel) for plaintiff in error.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and DANIEL P. WARD, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, and JOHN T. GALLAGHER, and LEO F. POCH, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

At a bench trial in the criminal court of Cook County, the defendant, Theodore Robinson, was convicted of murdering Flossie Mae Ward and was sentenced to the penitentiary for the term of his natural life. Upon writ of error he now contends that: (1) he was denied due process of law when the trial court failed, of its own volition, to summon...

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