PEOPLE v. TILLEY

No. 31473.

406 Ill. 398 (1950)

94 N.E.2d 328

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. R.U. TILLEY, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 21, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. LOGAN GIFFIN, and ALFRED F. NEWKIRK, (JAMES M. WINNING, and WILLIAM M. GIFFIN, of counsel,) all of Springfield, for plaintiff in error.

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, and GEORGE P. COUTRAKON, State's Attorney, both of Springfield, (NELSON O. HOWARTH, of Springfield, and HARRY L. PATE, of Tuscola, of counsel,) for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff in error, Ronald U. Tilley, to whom we shall refer as defendant, was found guilty by a jury in the circuit court of Sangamon County of murder by abortion and sentenced to a term of eighteen years in the penitentiary. He brings the cause here for review assigning countless errors in his trial, which did not occur until three and...

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