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THE PEOPLE v. THIGPEN

No. 36282.

33 Ill.2d 595 (1966)

213 N.E.2d 534

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. DEWEY THIGPEN, JR., Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 25, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

SANDOR KOREIN, of East St. Louis, appointed by the court, for plaintiff in error.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN M. KARNS, JR., State's Attorney, of Belleville, (FRED G. LEACH and WILLIAM A. BOMP, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel,) for the People.

Caused remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was convicted of armed robbery after a 1959 jury trial in the circuit court of St. Clair County and sentenced to 15 to 50 years imprisonment. On this writ of error defendant contends that failure of the trial court to conduct, sua sponte, a hearing outside the presence of the jury concerning the admissibility of an oral confession denied him due process of law under...

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