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THE PEOPLE v. FRENCHWOOD

No. 37322.

28 Ill.2d 139 (1963)

190 N.E.2d 767

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. JOHN FRENCHWOOD, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 27, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

HERBERT B. OLFSON, 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 JOSEPH V. RODDY, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, John Frenchwood, was tried by the court without a jury in the criminal court of Cook County and found guilty of the crime of murder. He was sentenced to 40 years in the penitentiary. We have issued a writ of error to review the judgment of conviction.

No question is raised on the writ of error as to the sufficiency of the evidence to establish the defendant's...

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