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PEOPLE v. HEIRENS

No. 33165.

4 Ill.2d 131 (1954)

122 N.E.2d 231

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. WILLIAM HEIRENS, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 15, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

HERBERT M. WETZEL, of Chicago, (ARTHUR FRANKEL, WALTER S. KUREK, and EDWARD STASUKAITIS, of counsel,) for plaintiff in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, JOHN GUTKNECHT, State's Attorney, of Chicago, JOHN L. DAVIDSON, JR., WILLIAM C. WINES, and FRED G. LEACH, (JOHN T. GALLAGHER, RUDOLPH L. JANEGA, ARTHUR F. MANNING, and ELMER C. KISSANE, all of Chicago, of counsel,) for the People.

CALVIN SAWYIER and ARTHUR R. SEDER, JR., both of Chicago, amici curiae.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

On September 4, 1946, William Heirens pleaded guilty, in the criminal court of Cook County, to three murder indictments and twenty-six additional indictments charging various burglaries, robberies and assaults. After pronouncing judgments of guilty the court sentenced Heirens to the penitentiary for life on each of the murder indictments...

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