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THE PEOPLE v. BARTLEY

No. 36844.

25 Ill.2d 175 (1962)

182 N.E.2d 726

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. EDWARD BARTLEY, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 25, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JULIUS LUCIUS ECHELES, of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and BASIL G. GREANIAS, State's Attorney, of Decatur, (FRED G. LEACH and E. MICHAEL O'BRIEN, Assistant Attorneys General, and LLOYD LATENDRESSE, GLENN O. FULLER, and T.G. BOLEN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

In 1960 the grand jury of the circuit court of Macon County returned an indictment charging the defendant, Edward Bartley, with the murder of Frank Higgins in 1951. The defendant was tried by jury and found guilty and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of life imprisonment. A writ of error has issued to review the judgment of conviction...

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