THE PEOPLE v. WALKER

No. 37694.

28 Ill.2d 585 (1963)

193 N.E.2d 819

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. CLIFFORD EDWARD WALKER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 27, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

KENNETH A. GREEN and THOMAS J. LOGUE, both of Mattoon, for appellant.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and RALPH D. GLENN, State's Attorney, of Charleston, (FRED G. LEACH and E. MICHAEL O'BRIEN, Assistant Attorneys General, and MARK B. HUNT, JR., Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury in the circuit court of Coles County found the defendant, Clifford Edward Walker, guilty of perjury, and he was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than three nor more than ten years. The most serious of the contentions that he advances upon this appeal, and the only one that we find it necessary to consider, centers...

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