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THE PEOPLE v. BROWN

No. 36497.

31 Ill.2d 415 (1964)

201 N.E.2d 409

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. EARNEST BROWN, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 29, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

SHAYLE P. FOX and FLOYD H. ABRAMSON, 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, Assistant Attorney General, and ELMER C. KISSANE and PAUL A. O'MALLEY, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel.) for the People.

Judgments affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SOLFISBURG delivered the opinion of the court:

In 1951, the grand jury of the criminal court of Cook County returned three indictments against defendant, Earnest Brown, charging him with two separate crimes of murder and one crime of rape. He pleaded guilty to all of the indictments and was sentenced to the penitentiary for concurrent terms of 199 years on each indictment. We have issued a writ of error to review the judgments...

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