Legal Opinion

The PEOPLE v. Kemp

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided November 26, 1963No. 36246PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

. Mr. Justice Hershey

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was convicted of robbery and sentenced to the penitentiary for a minimum of 19 years and a maximum of 20 years. He assigns as error the admission into evidence of a confession which he claims was not voluntarily given, improper instructions to the jury, and denial of his motion for new trial on the argument of the prosecutor to the jury.

Defendant confessed after having been held in custody some 28 hours. He does not make any contention that the questioning to which he was subjected was itself sufficiently coercive or too…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. The People v. CoxIllinois Supreme Court · 1961
  2. The PEOPLE v. SimsIllinois Supreme Court · 1961
  3. The People v. HeidmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1957
  4. The PEOPLE v. GermanyIllinois Supreme Court · 1963

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. People v. SmithAppellate Court of Illinois · 1972
  2. United States of America Ex Rel. Thomas E. Kemp v. Frank J. Pate, Warden, Illinois State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1966
  3. The People v. CookIllinois Supreme Court · 1965
  4. The People v. JolliffIllinois Supreme Court · 1964
  5. People v. CHARLES COUNTAppellate Court of Illinois · 1969

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