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PEOPLE v. BYRNES

No. 31259.

405 Ill. 103 (1950)

90 N.E.2d 217

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. CHARLES A. BYRNES, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 18, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JULIAN C. RYER, of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN S. BOYLE, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (JOHN T. GALLAGHER, and RUDOLPH L. JANEGA, both of Chicago, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE CRAMPTON delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was found guilty by a jury in the criminal court of Cook County of the crime of forgery and was sentenced under the Habitual Criminal Act to the penitentiary for a term of fourteen years. He has sued out this writ of error, seeking reversal on the grounds of insufficiency of the evidence, the admission of improper evidence for the People and exclusion of proper evidence...

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