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THE PEOPLE v. ODUM

No. 36214.

27 Ill.2d 237 (1963)

188 N.E.2d 720

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. JOSEPH ODUM, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 27, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GEOFFREY F. GROSSMAN, of Chicago, and BURTON V. DUBOE, of Morton Grove, 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 JAMES R. THOMPSON, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

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

Defendant, Joseph Odum, was found guilty of murder by a jury in the criminal court of Cook County and sentenced to a term of 35 years in the penitentiary. He brings writ of error contending that testimony of police officers was erroneously admitted as to a dying declaration of the decedent, Walter Pennegar; that evidence of another...

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