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The People v. Maggio

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided February 16, 1927No. 17468. Reversed and remandedPublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn

An indictment was returned in the criminal court of Cook county charging George Backley and Rocco Maggio with murdering Frank Lamacchio. Maggio was tried separately on motion of the State’s attorney, was found guilty of murder and sentenced to imprisonment for life, and has sued out a writ of error.

At ten o’clock in the evening of August 12, 1924, some shots were heard in the alley back of the house at 1723 Washburn avenue, in Chicago, and a Ford car was seen in the alley. A few minutes later Lamacchio’s dead body was found lying in the alley with two gunshot wounds through the head, one in…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. People v. SweeneyIllinois Supreme Court · 1922
  2. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1909
  3. Shephard v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1894
  4. People v. WarfieldIllinois Supreme Court · 1913
  5. Hennessy v. Tacoma Smelting & Refining Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1904

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. The People v. BakerIllinois Supreme Court · 1959
  2. People v. NorwoodIllinois Supreme Court · 1973
  3. The PEOPLE v. LunaIllinois Supreme Court · 1967
  4. State v. ElijahSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1940
  5. People v. GarrettAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976

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