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THE PEOPLE v. BURNETT

No. 36220.

27 Ill.2d 510 (1963)

190 N.E.2d 338

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. ISAAC BURNETT, JR., Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 29, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

EDWARD J. GRIFFIN, 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 RONALD BUTLER, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE SOLFISBURG delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Isaac Burnett, Jr., was indicted in the criminal court of Cook County for the murder of Katie Hoosman. He pleaded not guilty, was tried by jury, found guilty of murder and sentenced to the penitentiary for life imprisonment. He prosecutes this writ of error from that judgment.

It is defendant's principal contention that the trial court erred in refusing to...

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