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THE PEOPLE v. GARREAU

No. 36759.

27 Ill.2d 388 (1963)

189 N.E.2d 287

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. JAMES R. GARREAU, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 25, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JEROME GILSON, 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 MATTHEW J. MORAN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury in the criminal court of Cook County found defendant, James R. Garreau, plaintiff in error, guilty of rape and sentenced him to a term of 199 years. From a judgment rendered upon said finding the defendant now urges a reversal upon the following errors which he claims were committed in the trial court: (1) prejudicial closing argument on the part of the State, (2) admission...

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