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THE PEOPLE v. HRYCIUK

No. 39508.

36 Ill.2d 500 (1967)

224 N.E.2d 250

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. SAM HRYCIUK, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 27, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GERALD W. GETTY, Public Defender, of Chicago, (JAMES J. DOHERTY, MARSHALL J. HARTMAN, and FREDERICK F. COHN, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel,) 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 WILLIAM J. NELLIS, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

In 1937 one Caroline Schenke was found murdered in Chicago. On March 14, 1939, the defendant, Sam Hryciuk, was arrested. Four days later he confessed to a crime of rape and was identified by the victim. Two days thereafter he gave a written confession to the 1937 murder. He was not then indicted for the murder, but was indicted, tried and...

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