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PUTNAM v. PEOPLE

No. 31639.

408 Ill. 582 (1951)

97 N.E.2d 841

FRED PUTNAM, Appellant, v. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 22, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

FRED PUTNAM, pro se.

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and KENNETH E. EVANS, State's Attorney, of Decatur, (LLOYD E. LATENDRESSE, ROY B. FOSTER, and ROBERT D. OWEN, all of Decatur, and HARRY L. PATE, of Tuscola, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

An indictment returned to the circuit court of Macon County in February, 1947, charged Fred H. Putnam with the murder of one Dalton Rice. A motion to quash the indictment failed and, upon arraignment, Putnam, who was represented by counsel of his own choosing, entered a plea of not guilty. This plea was later withdrawn and a plea of guilty entered despite the court's admonishment as to...

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