THE PEOPLE v. WHITE

No. 35322.

28 Ill.2d 23 (1963)

190 N.E.2d 817

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. ELIJAH WHITE, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 27, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

THOMAS WM. BURKE, 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 WILLIAM J. MARTIN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

Elijah White, the defendant, was indicted and tried in the criminal court of Cook County jointly with William Green. White was charged with the crime of murder and Green as an accessory after the fact. A jury was waived, and the court found White guilty and sentenced him to the penitentiary for a term of 99 years.

On this writ of error the defendant does not question the sufficiency...

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