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THE PEOPLE v. MOORELANDER

No. 36371.

25 Ill.2d 309 (1962)

185 N.E.2d 166

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. JIMMIE MOORELANDER, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 28, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

RONALD S. LADDEN, of Chicago, appointed by the court, for plaintiff 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 RUDOLPH L. JANEGA, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was found guilty by a jury of murder and was sentenced to the penitentiary for life. His sole contention on this writ of error is that the trial court erred in refusing an instruction tendered by him relating to his failure to testify.

The only evidence at the trial was that submitted by the People, and there is no question as to the sufficiency of that evidence to...

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