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THE PEOPLE v. BORTNYAK

No. 38417.

39 Ill.2d 545 (1968)

237 N.E.2d 451

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. JOSEPH BORTNYAK, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 29, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

PRENTICE H. MARSHALL, of Champaign, appointed by the court, for appellant.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN J. STAMOS, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, and ELMER C. KISSANE and HOWARD LEVINE, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Joseph Bortnyak, then 27 years of age, was convicted of murder on August 27, 1947, by a jury in the circuit court of Cook County and sentenced to life imprisonment. He now seeks to have the judgment vacated and the cause remanded for a hearing to determine his competence to stand trial.

On August 11, 1947, one week after indictment...

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