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THE PEOPLE v. DAMPHER

No. 37307.

28 Ill.2d 136 (1963)

190 N.E.2d 705

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. JACK DAMPHER, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 27, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DONALD X. MURPHY, 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 EDWARD J. HLADIS and WILLIAM J. MARTIN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Jack Dampher, was convicted of murder after a bench trial in the criminal court of Cook County, and was sentenced to forty years in the penitentiary. He prosecutes this writ of error to review his conviction.

He first contends that he was deprived of his constitutional right to a public trial because the testimony for the defense was heard in chambers while a...

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