Legal Opinion

The People v. Wood

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided October 28, 1925No. 16707. Reversed and remandedPublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. JusTicp Thompson

delivered the opinion of the court:

Thomas F. Wood prosecutes this writ of error to reverse the judgment of conviction for incest, entered against him in the circuit court of Pulaski county, assigning as error (1) the insufficiency of the indictment; (2) the exclusion of evidence showing a conspiracy to prosecute; (3) improper argument of the State’s attorney; (4) the giving of erroneous instructions for the People; and (5) the entering of an incomplete judgment.

Omitting the formal commencement, the indictment charges in two paragraphs:

“That Thomas F. Wood, late of the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Siebert v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
  2. People v. CorderIllinois Supreme Court · 1922
  3. People v. BoerIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
  4. People v. RedolaIllinois Supreme Court · 1921
  5. People v. TurnerIllinois Supreme Court · 1914

3Cited by33 opinions

  1. People v. LoveCalifornia Supreme Court · 1961
  2. The People v. MooreIllinois Supreme Court · 1956
  3. People Ex Rel. Ross v. BeckerIllinois Supreme Court · 1943
  4. The People v. AtkinsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1941
  5. The People v. ChildersIllinois Supreme Court · 1944

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