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THE PEOPLE v. SMITH

No. 42124.

44 Ill.2d 82 (1969)

254 N.E.2d 492

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. HOBART K. SMITH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed December 19, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

IRA J. MELAAS, JR., of Rock Island, appointed by the court, for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JAMES N. DeWULF, State's Attorney, of Rock Island, (ROBERT C. SHEARER, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

The appellant, Hobart K. Smith, on November 20, 1963, was found guilty of murder of his wife's paramour following a jury trial and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than 20 nor more than 36 years. Acting pro se, he filed a petition on February 23, 1968, for a writ of error coram nobis, in the circuit court of Rock Island County. He later filed a petition...

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