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THE PEOPLE v. JONES

No. 35891.

22 Ill.2d 592 (1961)

177 N.E.2d 112

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. EDDIE JONES, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 22, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOSEPH N. DUCANTO, 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 WILLIAM L. CARLIN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was tried by a jury for murder, was convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 199 years. He brings this writ of error to review his conviction, contending that the People failed to prove the corpus delicti and also that the court committed prejudicial error in the admission of evidence.

It is unnecessary for an understanding of the rather narrow...

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