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PEOPLE v. REEVES

No. 32281.

412 Ill. 555 (1952)

107 N.E.2d 861

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. ANDREW REEVES, JR., Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 17, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

EDWARD I. ROTHSCHILD, of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN S. BOYLE, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (WILLIAM C. WINES, JOHN T. GALLAGHER, RUDOLPH L. JANEGA, ARTHUR MANNING, and WILLIAM J. McGAH, JR., all of Chicago, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

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

Plaintiff in error, Andrew Reeves, Jr., filed a petition under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1951, chap. 38, par. 826) seeking review of a conviction of murder for which he received a sentence of ninety-nine years. The People filed a motion to dismiss the petition, which was allowed, and we granted a writ of error...

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