THE PEOPLE v. DOHERTY

No. 37570.

28 Ill.2d 528 (1963)

193 N.E.2d 37

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. DENNIS DOHERTY, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 27, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

HOWARD C. SORENSEN, 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 RICHARD T. BUCK, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

Dennis Doherty was indicted together with James Bracken, LeRoy Buick, Phillip Kolep, Eugene Avery, Roy McGovern and Donald Coglan in the criminal court of Cook County for the murder of Roseann Beckman. Doherty was tried separately before a jury which found him guilty and fixed his sentence at 14 years confinement in the penitentiary. On this writ of error he asserts that the evidence...

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