Legal Opinion

People v. Durand

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 18, 1923No. 15166PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Duncan

Frank Durand (herein called the defendant) was convicted in the circuit court of Saline county on May 29, 1922, for the murder of Charles Boone Wilson by throwing and striking him on the head with a piece of brick, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of fourteen years after motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were overruled. A writ of error has been sued out of this court to review that judgment.

The uncontroverted facts in this record are the following: About 3:30 in the afternoon of December 26, 1921, in the city of Harrisburg, in the county of Saline and State of…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Beard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  2. People v. WillyIllinois Supreme Court · 1921
  3. Hammond v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
  4. Thompson v. Loyal Protective Ass'nMichigan Supreme Court · 1911
  5. Flanagan v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1905

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. The People v. WeisbergIllinois Supreme Court · 1947
  2. People v. WilliamsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1965
  3. The People v. WarrenIllinois Supreme Court · 1965
  4. State v. RileySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1958
  5. People v. SkellyIllinois Supreme Court · 1951

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