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THE PEOPLE v. KING

No. 37500.

29 Ill.2d 150 (1963)

193 N.E.2d 790

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. PERCY LEE KING, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 25, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

PERCY LEE KING, pro se.

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 ELMER C. KISSANE and JAMES R. THOMPSON, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Percy Lee King, was indicted together with Theodis Hester and Arthur Murphy in the criminal court of Cook County for the crime of murder on October 13, 1951, of Helen Benson. After trial by the court ending July 21, 1952, King was found guilty and sentenced to death. This court reversed and remanded for a new trial. (People<...

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