THE PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. 37240.

30 Ill.2d 125 (1963)

196 N.E.2d 483

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff in Error, v. JOHN WILLIAMS et al., Defendants in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Modified on denial of rehearing January 22, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and DANIEL P. WARD, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (EDWARD J. HLADIS and MARVIN E. ASPEN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

WAYNE D. JOHNSON and R. MARLIN SMITH, both of Chicago, appointed by the court, for defendants in error.


Order affirmed.

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

The grand jury for the criminal court of Cook County returned an indictment against John Williams and Robert Boney charging them with the crime of attempted burglary. The trial court entered an order quashing the indictment and the People have brought the case here to review that order.

The indictment charged that the defendants, in the county of Cook, attempted to break...

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