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PEOPLE v. HORTON

No. 33077.

4 Ill.2d 176 (1954)

122 N.E.2d 214

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. DOROTHY HORTON, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 15, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

SAMUEL A. ARONFELD, and ZOE KUTA, both of Chicago, for plaintiff in error.

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

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff in error, Dorothy Horton, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was indicted in the criminal court of Cook County for the murder of Samuel Dillon. Upon trial the jury found the defendant guilty and fixed her punishment at twenty years in the penitentiary. Judgment was entered on the verdict. Motions for a new trial and in...

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