THE PEOPLE v. FARMER

No. 37566.

28 Ill.2d 521 (1963)

192 N.E.2d 916

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. RUDOLPHUS FARMER, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 27, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ABRAMS, LINN AND NESS, of Chicago, (MARVIN SILVERMAN, appointed by the court, of counsel,) 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 MARVIN E. ASPEN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SOLFISBURG delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a trial by jury in the criminal court of Cook County, the defendant, Rudolphus Farmer, was convicted of the murder of Ray Smith and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for 25 years. He has sued out this writ of error to review the judgment.

The facts of the case are essentially undisputed. On the evening of August...

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