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PEOPLE v. BURTON

No. 55498.

6 Ill. App.3d 879 (1972)

286 N.E.2d 792

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JAMES BURTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District.

July 26, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor G. Savikas, of Friedman, Koven, Shapiro, Salzman, Koenigsberg, Specks & Homer, of Chicago, for appellant.

Edward V. Hanrahan, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (Robert A. Novelle and S. Paul Naselli, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE BURMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, James Burton, was indicted for the offense of murder. After a trial by jury in 1963 he was convicted and sentenced to serve a term of 20 to 30 years in the penitentiary. In an opinion filed on December 19, 1969, the Supreme Court reversed and remanded the cause for a new trial on the ground that the defendant's privilege against self-incrimination was violated by remarks...

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