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THE PEOPLE v. DONALDSON

No. 36804.

24 Ill.2d 315 (1962)

181 N.E.2d 131

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. CALVIN DONALDSON, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 23, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

PAUL HOMER, 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 ELMER C. KISSANE, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was convicted of the murder of Ferdinand A. Wesley and was sentenced to death. This conviction was reversed and the cause remanded for a new trial in People v. Donaldson, 8 Ill.2d 510. On a second trial, defendant was found guilty by a jury of murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment in the penitentiary. The...

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