Legal Opinion

People v. Lambersky

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided November 27, 1951No. 32077PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Crampton

Alex Lambersky was indicted by a grand jury of Lee County for the crime of manslaughter. He thereafter filed in the circuit court a motion to quash the indictment on the grounds that the evidence introduced before the grand jury was insufficient and that he was compelled to give evidence against himself, in violation of his constitutional rights. The motion was granted, and the People bring this writ of error to review the judgment.

The record discloses that during the period in question defendant was an inmate of the Dixon State Hospital for mentally deficient persons, having been adjudicated…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. People Ex Rel. Wiseman v. NierstheimerIllinois Supreme Court · 1948
  2. People v. DerricoIllinois Supreme Court · 1951
  3. People v. BladekIllinois Supreme Court · 1913
  4. The People v. ShroyerIllinois Supreme Court · 1929
  5. Oswald v. Civil Service CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1950

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. People v. BernascoIllinois Supreme Court · 1990
  2. People v. JonesIllinois Supreme Court · 1988
  3. Harvey v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1968
  4. The PEOPLE v. DixonIllinois Supreme Court · 1961
  5. People v. RodgersIllinois Supreme Court · 1982

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