THE PEOPLE v. McKIRDIE

No. 41786.

45 Ill.2d 300 (1970)

259 N.E.2d 16

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. DONALD McKIRDIE et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 20, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

SAM ADAM, EDWARD M. GENSON, and SANTO J. VOLPE, all of Chicago, for appellants.

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


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE CULBERTSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants, Ralph Vesecky, Donald McKirdie, and Lawrence Donahue, represented by counsel of their choice, pleaded guilty in the circuit court of Cook County to a charge of criminal damage to property of Earl Fox, and were sentenced, respectively, to terms of 120, 90 and 30 days at the Illinois State Farm. Five days later, represented by new counsel, they filed a motion (later...

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