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PEOPLE v. ROGERS

No. 32425.

413 Ill. 554 (1953)

110 N.E.2d 201

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

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 22, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JAMES W. GRAY, of East St. Louis, for plaintiff in error.

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and RICHARD T. CARTER, State's Attorney, of East St. Louis, (R.V. GUSTIN, of East St. Louis, and HARRY L. PATE, of Tuscola, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE FULTON delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff in error, James Rogers, was jointly tried with one Clarence Hilliard in the circuit court of St. Clair County for the murder of Walter White. The jury found both defendants guilty of the crime and fixed the punishment of Hilliard at 50 years' imprisonment and that of Rogers at 25 years. Rogers alone prosecutes a writ of error here...

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