THE PEOPLE v. RUSSO

No. 36790.

24 Ill.2d 311 (1962)

181 N.E.2d 103

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. FRANK RUSSO, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 23, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MAURICE J. WALSH, and ANNA R. LAVIN, both of Chicago, for appellant.

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, WILLIAM L. CARLIN, and LEO F. POCH, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Frank Russo, was tried by jury in the criminal court of Cook County in 1934 and convicted of the crime of robbery. In 1961 he filed a motion in the trial court asking that the judgment of conviction be vacated. The motion was denied without a hearing and the defendant has appealed to this court.

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