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THE PEOPLE v. THOMPSON

No. 39065.

36 Ill.2d 332 (1967)

223 N.E.2d 97

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. JERRY THOMPSON, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 19, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. ROBERT CASSIDY, 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 W. KENNEY, Assistant Attorneys General, and ELMER C. KISSANE and JAMES ZAGEL, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Jerry Thompson, was convicted in a 1960 Cook County bench trial of murdering his half-brother and was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment. He asserts that error occurring both in his pretrial competency hearing and in his subsequent trial have deprived him of due process of law.

At the second competency hearing (an initial...

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