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THE PEOPLE v. McGRATH

No. 37215.

28 Ill.2d 132 (1963)

190 N.E.2d 746

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

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 27, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JULES M. PERLEBERG and F. WILLIS CARUSO, of Chicago, appointed by the court, for plaintiff in error.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and DANIEL P. WARD, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH and E. MICHAEL O'BRIEN, Assistant Attorneys General, and EDWARD J. HLADIS and MARVIN E. ASPEN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, James McGrath, was tried in the criminal court of Cook County by the court without a jury and found guilty of the crime of taking indecent liberties with a child, for which he was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 2 to 6 years. We have issued a writ of error to review the conviction.

The principal contentions advanced, which are somewhat related, are...

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