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PEOPLE v. SHIELDS

No. 33395.

6 Ill.2d 200 (1955)

127 N.E.2d 440

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. DANIEL L. SHIELDS et al., Plaintiffs in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed June 16, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

IRWIN S. RUBELLE, and EUGENE M. PRATT, both of Peoria, for plaintiffs in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JAMES P. KELLSTEDT, State's Attorney, of Peoria, (FRED G. LEACH, and GEORGE W. SCHWANER, JR., of counsel,) for the People.

Affirmed as to Shields; Reversed as to Stevenson.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs in error (Daniel L. Shields and Robert Louis Stevenson) prosecute this writ of error to review their convictions in the circuit court of Peoria County of assault with intent to murder one Allen Gaskins. They were tried jointly before a jury and found guilty. Defendant Shields was sentenced to the penitentiary...

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