THE PEOPLE v. GREER

No. 37388.

30 Ill.2d 415 (1964)

197 N.E.2d 22

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. RUSHING GREER, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 18, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOHN M. HARTIGAN, 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 SOLFISBURG delivered the opinion of the court:

In 1961 the defendant, Rushing Greer, was tried by jury in the criminal court of Cook County and convicted of the crime of murder for which he was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 199 years. We have issued a writ of error.

In the defendant's brief eight grounds for reversal are argued. However, the record discloses that...

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