PEOPLE v. GRISWOLD

No. 31129.

405 Ill. 533 (1950)

92 N.E.2d 91

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. FRANK GRISWOLD, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 15, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

FRANK A. McDONNELL, and DARROW, SMITH & CARLIN, both 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 EDMUND H. GRANT, all of Chicago, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE CRAMPTON delivered the opinion of the court:

An indictment was returned by a Cook County grand jury in September, 1947, wherein the plaintiff in error, Frank Griswold, was charged with the crime of murder, he having admittedly shot and killed his wife, Agnes.

Griswold, when tried before a jury, was represented by counsel selected and paid by him. The defense of accident or misadventure was interposed. The trial court...

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