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THE PEOPLE v. COSTA

No. 39229.

38 Ill.2d 178 (1967)

230 N.E.2d 871

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. FRANK COSTA, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 29, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JAMES E. HIGGINS, of Wilmette, appointed by the court, for appellant.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN J. STAMOS, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, and ELMER C. KISSANE and E. JAMES GILDEA, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury found the defendant, Frank Costa, guilty of the murder of William Korenchik, and he was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of not less than twenty-five years nor more than fifty years. His first contention on this appeal is that statements which he gave to a police officer and to an assistant State's Attorney should have been excluded on constitutional grounds. Our disposition...

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