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THE PEOPLE v. CAGE

No. 39399.

34 Ill.2d 530 (1966)

216 N.E.2d 805

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. ROBERT CAGE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 23, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GERALD W. GETTY, Public Defender, of Chicago, (JAMES J. DOHERTY, WILLIAM J. MORAN, and FREDERICK F. COHN, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel,) appointed by the court, for appellant.

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 JAMES ZAGEL, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

On November 9, 1934, following a joint trial by jury, Robert Cage and Edward Smith were found guilty of murdering Charles Harakopas and their punishment fixed at 99 years imprisonment. Subsequent pro se writs of error resulted in review of the common law record and affirmance of both convictions by this court and denial of certiorari by the Supreme Court of the United...

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