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THE PEOPLE v. JONES

No. 37097.

26 Ill.2d 381 (1962)

186 N.E.2d 246

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

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 30, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

AUSTIN LEWIS, of Granite City, for plaintiff in error.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and DICK H. MUDGE, JR., State's Attorney, of Edwardsville, (FRED G. LEACH and E. MICHAEL O'BRIEN, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

After a bench trial in the circuit court of Madison County, the defendant, Jewell Edward Jones, was convicted of the murder of Paul Dean White and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of ninety-nine years. Upon this writ of error he contends (1) that it was error to deny his motion to quash the indictment; (2) that there was a total failure to prove the corpus delicti; and...

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