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THE PEOPLE v. JONES

No. 38686.

47 Ill.2d 135 (1970)

265 N.E.2d 125

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. WILLIAM JONES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed December 4, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

NORBERT N. ROSENTHAL, of Chicago, for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and EDWARD V. HANRAHAN, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (JAMES B. ZAGEL, Assistant Attorney General, ELMER C. KISSANE and JOSEPH ROMANO, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

In October of 1963 a jury in the circuit court of Cook County found the defendant, William Jones, guilty of arson, and he was sentenced to imprisonment for not less than three nor more than ten years. On this direct appeal he makes the following principal contentions: that his constitutional rights were violated by the admission into evidence of an oral confession given while in police...

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