Legal Opinion
The People v. Thomlison
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided September 24, 1948No. 30237. Reversed and remandedPublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gunn
Robert Lee Karrick and Albert Lee Thomlison were indicted for the crime of robbery in the circuit court of Madison County, tried before a. jury, found guilty, and sentenced to the penitentiary. Robert Lee Karrick alone has prosecuted a writ of error to this court.
The indictment was returned in January, 1947, charging that the robbery had been committed November 7, 1945. The evidence shows that one Henry Schneehage was robbed on the morning of November 7, 1945. He had just started to drive to his tavern in Alton, a few minutes after 5 A.M., and as he started the car into the road somebody from…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- McNabb v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Brown v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Chambers v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Malinski v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Ashcraft v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by51 opinions
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- The PEOPLE v. MillerIllinois Supreme Court · 1958
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