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THE PEOPLE v. PELLEGRINO

No. 37915.

30 Ill.2d 331 (1964)

196 N.E.2d 670

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. JAMES PELLEGRINO, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 16, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JULIUS LUCIUS ECHELES and MELVIN B. LEWIS, both of Chicago, 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 MATTHEW J. MORAN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

In a bench trial in the criminal court of Cook County James Pellegrino was convicted of the murder of Charles Fowler and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 14 to 16 years. A writ of error has been issued to review his conviction.

On June 17, 1962, Crystal Sanders, a prostitute, met Fowler in a tavern on West Madison Street in Chicago and solicited him. They went to a...

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