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THE PEOPLE v. EVANS

No. 36082.

21 Ill.2d 403 (1961)

172 N.E.2d 799

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. GARLAND DEAN EVANS, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 27, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

SUMMERS & WATSON, of Champaign, for plaintiff in error.

WILLIAM L. GUILD, Attorney General, of Springfield, and ROBERT W. McDONALD, State's Attorney, of Urbana, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, and ROBERT J. WAALER, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

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

The defendant, Garland Dean Evans, was indicted upon a charge of obtaining money by means of the confidence game. A jury found him guilty, and he was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of not less than seven nor more than ten years.

It is necessary to consider only one of the contentions that he raises...

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