THE PEOPLE v. NICKOLOPOULOS

No. 37025.

25 Ill.2d 451 (1962)

185 N.E.2d 209

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. CHRISTOPHER NICKOLOPOULOS, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 28, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. EUGENE PINCHAM, of Chicago, 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. JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

This case is here on a writ of error issued to the criminal court of Cook County to review a judgment of that court finding the defendant guilty of assault with intent to commit murder. The defendant contends that the court erroneously admitted prejudicial and inflammatory evidence before the jury which deprived him of a fair trial.

The evidence showed that the defendant...

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