THE PEOPLE v. DE SIMONE

No. 37334.

27 Ill.2d 406 (1963)

189 N.E.2d 329

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. GORDON DE SIMONE, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 25, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GERALD W. GETTY, Public Defender, of Chicago, (JAMES J. DOHERTY, JOHN MARSHALL BRANION, and JOHN M. FLAHERTY, Assistant Public Defenders, 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 EDWARD J. HLADIS and JAMES R. THOMPSON, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Gordon De Simone, was indicted in the criminal court of Cook County for the murder of John Hodaly. He was found guilty by a jury and sentenced to a term of 99 years. To reverse said conviction he now contends the trial court erred in admitting certain confessions into evidence, that error was committed in failing to instruct the jury in accordance with his request, that...

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