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PEOPLE v. SAMMAN

No. 31802.

408 Ill. 549 (1951)

97 N.E.2d 778

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. LESTER A. SAMMAN, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 22, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LESTER A. SAMMAN, pro se.

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and BEN ROBINSON, State's Attorney, of Galesburg, (HARRY L. PATE, of Tuscola, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE SIMPSON delivered the opinion of the court:

On November 20, 1931, Lester A. Samman was sentenced by the circuit court of Knox County to serve a penitentiary term of one year to life for the crime of robbery while armed. On January 22, 1949, Samman filed his verified motion or petition in the nature of a writ of error coram nobis, pursuant to section 72 of the Civil Practice Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1949, chap. 110...

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