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THE PEOPLE v. FISHER

No. 35272.

21 Ill.2d 142 (1961)

171 N.E.2d 617

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. JAMES FISHER, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 20, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JAMES FISHER, pro se.

WILLIAM L. GUILD, Attorney General, of Springfield, and BENJAMIN S. ADAMOWSKI, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, and FRANCIS X. RILEY, and JAMES R. THOMPSON, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

This case comes to us on petition for writ of error under Rule 65-1 to review the conviction of plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, following a plea of guilty, in 1928 in the criminal court of Cook County for the crime of armed robbery. The case is presented to us on the common-law record, no bill of exceptions having been filed.

The common-law record shows that...

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