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THE PEOPLE v. WRIGHT

No. 37641.

30 Ill.2d 519 (1964)

198 N.E.2d 316

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. LOUIS WRIGHT, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 19, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

FREDERIC F. BRACE, 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.

Cause remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE SOLFISBURG delivered the opinion of the court:

In 1957 the defendant, Louis Wright, was indicted by the grand jury of the criminal court of Cook County for two crimes of rape and two crimes of burglary. He was tried by the court without a jury and found guilty on each indictment. The four judgments of conviction were reviewed by this court and we reversed all of the judgments and remanded the causes for new trials on the ground...

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