THE PEOPLE v. COLBY

No. 36705.

27 Ill.2d 273 (1963)

189 N.E.2d 317

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. ALBERT COLBY, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 22, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

KIRKLAND, ELLIS, HODSON, CHAFFETZ & MASTERS, of Chicago, (THOMAS R. EWALD, of counsel,) 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 L. CARLIN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Albert Colby, was convicted, following a bench trial in the criminal court of Cook County, of the burglary of a store owned by Eleanor Busse, and sentenced to imprisonment for an indeterminate term of 5 to 8 years. This case comes to us on writ of error, with defendant contending that the court should have granted his motion for a finding of not guilty at the close of the...

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