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THE PEOPLE v. HOFFMAN

No. 37194.

32 Ill.2d 96 (1965)

203 N.E.2d 873

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. HERBERT H. HOFFMAN, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 21, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

RICHARD J. FRIEDMAN, 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 GEORGE KENNEY, Assistant Attorneys General, and ELMER C. KISSANE and LESTER A. BONAGURO, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

Herbert H. Hoffman was found guilty of the murder of Virginia Edwards by a jury in the criminal court of Cook County and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 199 years. A constitutional question gives us jurisdiction.

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