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THE PEOPLE v. CIPOLLA

No. 38964.

33 Ill.2d 125 (1965)

210 N.E.2d 501

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. DONALD EUGENE CIPOLLA, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 28, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GEORGE C. HUPP, of Ottawa, appointed by the court, for plaintiff in error.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and ROBERT E. RICHARDSON, State's Attorney, of Ottawa, (FRED G. LEACH and WILLIAM A. BOMP, Assistant Attorneys General, and WILLIAM P. DENNY, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Donald Eugene Cipolla, was indicted in the circuit court of LaSalle County for the crime of arson, and upon his plea of guilty was sentenced to a term of one to two years in the penitentiary. He prosecutes this writ of error contending that his plea of guilty was coerced, thereby depriving him of due process of law.

On February 6, 1963, fire broke out at the LaSalle...

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