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THE PEOPLE v. POWERS

No. 35858.

22 Ill.2d 174 (1961)

174 N.E.2d 803

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. WILLIE POWERS, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 19, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOSEPH R. CURCIO, of Chicago, 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 JAMES R. THOMPSON, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

This case is before us on a writ of error to review a judgment of the criminal court of Cook County finding the defendant guilty of the crime of robbery. The sole error assigned is that the court permitted the jury's verdict to be returned while plaintiff in error was absent from the court room.

This identical contention was advanced by plaintiff in error in a petition which...

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