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PEOPLE v. PROVO

No. 31857.

409 Ill. 63 (1951)

97 N.E.2d 802

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. MARK PROVO, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 22, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GEORGE M. CRANE, LOUIS BETTELHEIM, and LAWRENCE A. BERMAN, all of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN S. BOYLE, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (CHARLES W. CORCORAN, JOHN T. GALLAGHER, JOHN L. HENRICK, RUDOLPH L. JANEGA, and ARTHUR F. MANNING, all of Chicago, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE THOMPSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff in error, Mark Provo, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was convicted in the criminal court of Cook County, of the crime of murder, the victim being his wife, Norma Lucille Provo. He was tried before a jury, found guilty of murder as charged in the indictment, his punishment being fixed at ninety-nine years in the penitentiary. After motions for a new trial and...

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