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THE PEOPLE v. WITHERSPOON

No. 36277.

27 Ill.2d 483 (1963)

190 N.E.2d 281

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. WILLIAM WITHERSPOON, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 22, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COGHLAN, COGHLAN AND JOYCE, of Chicago, (JAMES L. COGHLAN, 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, THOMAS A. HETT, and ELMER KISSANE, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

PER CURIAM:

Defendant, William Witherspoon, and one Frank Dyrda were jointly indicted by the grand jury of the criminal court of Cook County for the crime of murder. The defendant was tried separately by a jury. The jury returned a verdict of guilty and assessed the death penalty and the case is here on a writ of error to review the judgment of conviction.

The defendant does not contend that the evidence was insufficient to establish...

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