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The People v. Morris

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided March 18, 1964No. 36743, 36930, ConsPublishedCited by 62 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Daily

After a jury trial in the criminal court of Cook County, Robert Morris, Allen McDaniel, Raymond White and Albert Sledge were found guilty of the armed robbery of Augustus Cosey and were sentenced to the penitentiary for terms of 5 to 10 years. We have heretofore reviewed and reversed the conviction of Sledge on the ground that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, and we consider here consolidated writs of error prosecuted by Morris and McDaniel. It is the contention of these defendants that our reversal as to Sledge requires a reversal as to them; that the trial court erred in…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  2. Hamilton v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  3. White v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Crooker v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  5. Moore v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1957

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3Cited by62 opinions

  1. Adams v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. People v. LylesIllinois Supreme Court · 1985
  3. The People v. BonnerIllinois Supreme Court · 1967
  4. People v. BarrIllinois Supreme Court · 1972
  5. The PEOPLE v. AdamsIllinois Supreme Court · 1970

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