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PEOPLE v. BYRNES

No. 33019.

4 Ill.2d 109 (1954)

122 N.E.2d 247

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. CHARLES A. BYRNES, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 15, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

CHARLES A. BYRNES, pro se.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN GUTKNECHT, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (JOHN T. GALLAGHER, RUDOLPH L. JANEGA, and ARTHUR F. MANNING, all of Chicago, of counsel,) for the People.

Writ of error dismissed.

Mr. JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

In 1949, defendant, Charles A. Byrnes, was found guilty of forgery by a jury in the criminal court of Cook County and was sentenced under the Habitual Criminal Act to the penitentiary for a term of fourteen years. On review, this court held the count of the indictment attempting to bring defendant under the said act was defective, ordered it stricken from the indictment and, because...

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