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PEOPLE v. MITCHELL

Gen. No. 50,469.

73 Ill. App.2d 35 (1966)

220 N.E.2d 19

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James P. Mitchell, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

Rehearing denied July 19, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Brady, of Chicago, for appellant.

Daniel P. Ward, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago (Elmer C. Kissane and Kenneth L. Gillis, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE KLUCZYNSKI delivered the opinion of the court.

Defendant, James P. Mitchell, was convicted in a bench trial of murder and sentenced to twenty-five years in the penitentiary. His reasons for appeal are that (1) the state failed to prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and (2) he was deprived of a fair trial because of (a) incompetency of counsel and (b) conduct and prejudicial errors on part of the trial court.

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