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THE PEOPLE v. McCRACKEN

No. 37738.

30 Ill.2d 425 (1964)

197 N.E.2d 35

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. DAVIS McCRACKEN, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 18, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

HARRY A. YOUNG, JR., 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 MATTHEW J. MORAN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant McCracken was indicted for burglary, theft and possession of burglary tools. He waived a jury, was found guilty of the crime of burglary after a bench trial in the criminal court of Cook County and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of one to ten years. Defendant is here by writ of error contending: (1) that the trial...

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