THE PEOPLE v. CAIN

No. 39391.

36 Ill.2d 589 (1967)

224 N.E.2d 786

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. RICHARD CAIN et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 27, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

THOMAS P. SULLIVAN, DONALD R. HARRIS, and HARRY J. BUSCH, all of Chicago, (RAYMOND, MAYER, JENNER & BLOCK, of counsel,) for appellants.

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, LOUIS B. GARIPPO, MATTHEW J. MORAN and WILLIAM J. MARTIN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendants, Richard Cain, James Donnelly and John Chaconas, together with one William Witsman were indicted by the grand jury of the circuit court of Cook County for the crime of conspiracy to commit perjury by testifying falsely before the grand jury. At a joint trial by jury the defendants were found guilty, but the jury was unable...

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