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PEOPLE v. HODSON

No. 31472.

406 Ill. 328 (1950)

94 N.E.2d 166

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. MELVIN HODSON, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied September 18, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARTHUR F. MELVIN, of Marion, for plaintiff in error.

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and LYLE R. WHEELER, State's Attorney, of Havana, (HARRY L. PATE, of Tuscola, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE SIMPSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff in error, Melvin Hodson, was indicted and tried jointly with Merle Prohaska and Thomas Skelly for the crime of murder. After a jury trial in the circuit court of Mason County, all three defendants were found guilty of murder and sentenced June 28, 1947, to life imprisonment in the penitentiary. Hodson brings this writ of error to review the record of his conviction.

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