THE PEOPLE v. KALEC

No. 35385.

22 Ill.2d 505 (1961)

177 N.E.2d 134

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. STEPHEN KALEC, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 22, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JULIUS LUCIUS ECHELES and BARRY GOODMAN, both of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

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


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SOLFISBURG delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Stephen Kalec, was indicted on a charge of murder of one Joseph Bryniczka. He was tried before a jury, found guilty and after motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were denied, his punishment was fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. The case comes to us on writ of error.

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