Legal Opinion

People v. McCracken

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided August 13, 1965No. Gen. 65-3PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtAtten, J.

Robert P. McCracken was indicted by a grand jury of DeKalb County for tbe crime of forgery. He thereafter, filed in the Circuit Court a motion to quash the indictment for the following reasons:

1. That the indictment is based solely upon the testimony of an incompetent witness, this defendant being informed and believing and upon such information and belief stating the fact to be that one Field Utter who did not know anything of his own knowledge with respect to the acts, deeds, transactions or events upon which the indictment was based was the only witness to testify before the grand jury…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. The People v. GouldIllinois Supreme Court · 1931
  2. People v. DuncanIllinois Supreme Court · 1913
  3. The PEOPLE v. JonesIllinois Supreme Court · 1960
  4. The People v. PriceIllinois Supreme Court · 1939
  5. People v. DerricoIllinois Supreme Court · 1951

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. People v. MooreAppellate Court of Illinois · 1990
  2. People v. BissonnetteAppellate Court of Illinois · 1974
  3. State v. GradyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1979
  4. State v. ParksAlaska Supreme Court · 1968
  5. State v. ParksAlaska Supreme Court · 1968

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