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THE PEOPLE v. BROWN

No. 37569.

30 Ill.2d 297 (1964)

196 N.E.2d 664

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. LENNETTE BROWN, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 16, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOHN B. SNYDER, 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 ELMER C. KISSANE and RICHARD T. BUCK, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Lennette Brown and James Kyler were jointly indicted for the murder of Jerome Giza. A severance was granted, and defendant is here on writ of error to the criminal court of Cook County where he was found guilty by a jury and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 199 years.

Defendant contends that he was denied a fair trial because an allegedly coerced confession...

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