THE PEOPLE v. SOLDAT

No. 38520.

32 Ill.2d 478 (1965)

207 N.E.2d 449

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. EARL SOLDAT, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 20, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

PETER S. LUCYSHYN, 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.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SOLFISBURG delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Earl Soldat, together with Raymond Soldat and Maurice Blewett, was indicted in Cook County, January, 1963, for robbery. Raymond Soldat entered a plea of guilty. Earl Soldat and Maurice Blewett went to trial before a jury in July, 1963. During the course of the trial, an assistant State's Attorney displayed a file before the jurors which had written on it in large red ink...

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