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IN RE ESTATE OF MELODY

No. 41029.

42 Ill.2d 451 (1969)

248 N.E.2d 104

In re ESTATE OF WILLIAM A. MELODY. — (THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. PAULINE OWENS, Appellant.)

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 28, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

HOWARD T. SAVAGE, of Chicago, appointed by the court, for appellant.

EDWARD V. HANRAHAN, State's Attorney of Chicago, (DANIEL P. COMAN, RONALD BUTLER, and GERALD J. MANNIX, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE SOLFISBURG delivered the opinion of the court:

This court granted defendant Pauline Owens leave to appeal from the judgment of the appellate court affirming a conviction and sentence of one-year imprisonment for criminal contempt of the probate division of the circuit court of Cook County.

The issues presented are whether defendant's conduct in conspiring with lawyers and others to create a spurious will, obtaining...

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