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THE PEOPLE v. WRIGHT

No. 36077.

27 Ill.2d 497 (1963)

190 N.E.2d 287

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. HEBIE WRIGHT, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 29, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DONALD S. JAFFE, 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.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

In 1957 Hebie Wright was found guilty of murdering David Langhorn following a trial before a jury in the criminal court of Cook County, and was sentenced to 66 years imprisonment. A writ of error was issued, and this court is asked to determine the merit in defendant's contention that the assistant State's Attorney committed reversible error in his argument to the jury.

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