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PEOPLE v. DOUGLAS

No. 31730.

409 Ill. 230 (1951)

99 N.E.2d 13

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. JAMES DOUGLAS, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 24, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JAMES DOUGLAS, pro se.

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

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE FULTON delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff in error, James Douglas, hereinafter termed the defendant, was indicted in the circuit court of Sangamon County for burglary and assault with attempt to commit rape. The case was tried before a jury and the defendant found guilty of burglary. After a motion for a new trial was overruled, he was sentenced to the Illinois State Penitentiary...

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