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PEOPLE v. McCLAIN

No. 31899.

410 Ill. 280 (1951)

102 N.E.2d 134

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. SAM McCLAIN, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 27, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JULIAN C. RYER, 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, ARTHUR F. MANNING, and WILLIAM J. McGAH, JR., all of Chicago, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff in error, Sam McClain, was indicted by the grand jury of the Cook County criminal court for the crime of murder in November, 1949. The indictment consisted of two counts. A plea of not guilty was entered and a jury trial held in the criminal court of Cook County. The plaintiff in error was adjudged guilty of murder and his punishment fixed at thirty-five years in the penitentiary...

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