THE PEOPLE v. WEINSTEIN

No. 39833.

35 Ill.2d 467 (1966)

220 N.E.2d 432

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. IRWINNA WEINSTEIN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied October 27, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

FRANK G. WHALEN, of Chicago, for appellant.

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 KENNETH L. GILLIS, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE SOLFISBURG delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Irwinna Weinstein, was indicted together with Richard Mattox for the murder of her husband, Harvey Weinstein. After being granted a severance, she was found guilty by a jury and sentenced to a term of 20 to 30 years in the State Reformatory for Women. The appellate court affirmed her conviction, (People v. Weinstein, 66 Ill.App...

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