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THE PEOPLE v. NORFLEET

No. 36748.

29 Ill.2d 287 (1963)

194 N.E.2d 220

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. JESSIE NORFLEET, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 26, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

FRANCIS J. GERLITS of Chicago, appointed by the court, (FREDERICK W. TEMPLE, of counsel,) 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 ELMER C. KISSANE and JOHN J. O'TOOLE, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE SOLFISBURG delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Jessie Norfleet, was tried before the court in the criminal court of Cook County and convicted of the murder of Andrew Mulligan. He was sentenced to 20 years in the penitentiary, and he prosecutes this writ of error to review that judgment contending, inter alia, that the court erred in admitting his purported confession.

On August 8, 1959, at 11...

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