THE PEOPLE v. SONGER

No. 36888.

28 Ill.2d 433 (1963)

192 N.E.2d 861

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. CLEO PAUL SONGER, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 27, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

KENNETH F. RITZ, of Rockford, for plaintiff in error.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and WILLIAM R. NASH, State's Attorney, of Rockford, (FRED G. LEACH and E. MICHAEL O'BRIEN, Assistant Attorneys General, and WILLIAM H. SNIVELY, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant here, Cleo Paul Songer, and a co-defendant, Helbert Eugene Sanner, were jointly indicted and tried before a jury, in the circuit court of Winnebago County, on a charge of burglary and found guilty. Songer, herein referred to as defendant, was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than 5 nor more than 15 years.

The record discloses that on November...

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