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PEOPLE v. CHISM

No. 33474.

6 Ill.2d 262 (1955)

128 N.E.2d 729

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. JOHN CHISM, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied September 19, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

IRVING M. WISEMAN, and EMERSON BOETZ, both of Alton, for plaintiff in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and EDWARD R. PHELPS, State's Attorney, of Carlinville, (FRED G. LEACH, and GEORGE W. SCHWANER, JR., of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE BRISTOW delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, John Chism, prosecutes his writ of error seeking a reversal of a judgment entered in the circuit court of Macoupin County, whereby he was sentenced to the Illinois State Penitentiary for a period of two to five years. This result followed a jury trial wherein the defendant was found guilty of the infamous crime against nature.

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