The People v. Washington

An indictment was returned in the criminal court of Cook county at the April term, 1946, against plaintiff in error, Isaac Washington, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, charging him with the crime of the murder of Lazarus Whitehead. He entered a plea of not guilty and after trial before the court, jury being waived, he was sentenced to the penitentiary for thirty-five years, the sentence later being set aside and defendant sentenced for a term of twenty years.

The record discloses that on April 30, 1946, defendant appeared in open court with his counsel, was furnished with a copy of…