Legal Opinion

People v. Secco

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 21, 1922No. 14558PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Franklin county; the Hon. Charles H. Miller, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter

Plaintiffs in error were indicted, tried and convicted in the circuit court of Franklin county for robbery and judgment was entered on the verdict. This writ of error is sued out to review the common law record of the trial court.

No bill of exceptions is presented, and apparently one was not preserved, as to the hearing in the trial court.

It is contended that the trial court erred in selecting the special grand jury which returned the indictment and in selecting the petit jury which tried the case. The objections as to the selection of both grand and petit juries are such as can be made to…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Siebert v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
  2. Earll v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
  3. Hoch v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
  4. Empson v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1875

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. The People v. CorbettIllinois Supreme Court · 1944
  2. People v. WestbrookIllinois Supreme Court · 1952
  3. People Ex Rel. Sammons v. HillIllinois Supreme Court · 1931
  4. People v. JohnsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1953
  5. The People v. RossIllinois Supreme Court · 1947

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