THE PEOPLE v. SULLIVAN

No. 36013.

21 Ill.2d 232 (1961)

171 N.E.2d 623

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff in Error, v. PATRICK J. SULLIVAN, JR., Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 20, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

GEORGE F. CALLAGHAN, of Chicago, for defendant in error.


Affirmed in part and reversed in part and remanded.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

The criminal court of Cook County sustained the motion of the defendant, Patrick J. Sullivan, Jr., to quash an indictment returned against him, and the People have sued out this writ of error to review the ensuing judgment.

The indictment was returned on November 21, 1957, during the extended term of the October, 1957, grand jury. The...

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