THE PEOPLE v. TAYLOR

No. 38570.

33 Ill.2d 417 (1965)

211 N.E.2d 673

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. ALONZO TAYLOR, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 19, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

RICHARD LOUNDY, 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, Assistant Attorney General, and ELMER C. KISSANE and KENNETH L. GILLIS, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Cause remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was, after a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, convicted of the offense of rape and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of 45 years. This writ of error questions the propriety of the trial court's admission of allegedly coerced confessions, which, it is argued, deprived defendant of due process...

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