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PEOPLE v. EVANS

No. 33164.

4 Ill.2d 211 (1954)

122 N.E.2d 730

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

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 18, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

REX CARR, of East St. Louis, for plaintiff in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and RICHARD T. CARTER, State's Attorney, of Belleville, (FRED G. LEACH, GEORGE W. SCHWANER, JR., and R.V. GUSTIN, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

In December, 1939, Charles Evans pleaded guilty to a charge of rape in the circuit court of St. Clair County and was sentenced to life imprisonment in the penitentiary. On writ of error, wherein only the common-law record was presented for review, this court affirmed the judgment of conviction. (People v. Evans, 397 Ill. 430.) Thereafter, Evans filed a petition for writ...

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