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THE PEOPLE v. HUGHES

No. 36799.

26 Ill.2d 114 (1962)

185 N.E.2d 834

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. HENRY HUGHES et al., Plaintiffs in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 29, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

EUCLID LOUIS TAYLOR and HOWARD T. SAVAGE, both of Chicago, for plaintiffs in error.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and DANIEL P. WARD, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH and E. MICHAEL O'BRIEN, Assistant Attorneys General, and JOHN T. GALLAGHER and MATTHEW J. MORAN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

At a bench trial in the criminal court of Cook County, Henry Hughes and Samuel Jenkins, hereinafter referred to as the defendants, were jointly convicted with four other youths of murdering one Malcolm Williams and were subsequently sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of twenty years. Upon writ of error defendants contend that a reasonable...

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