PEOPLE v. PIGNATELLI

No. 30867.

405 Ill. 302 (1950)

90 N.E.2d 761

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

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 20, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ROMAN E. POSANSKI, (WM. SCOTT STEWART, and CHARLES D. SNEWIND, of counsel), all 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, RUDOLPH L. JANEGA, and LEO F. POCH, all of Chicago, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff in error, Charles Pignatelli, was tried in the criminal court of Cook County before a jury on the charge of taking indecent liberties with a nine-year-old female child. He was found guilty and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than ten nor more than twenty years. He has sued out this writ of error.

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