The People v. Dukes

Mr. Chiee Justice Davis

delivered the opinion of the court:

James Dukes was indicted by the grand jury of Cook County for the murder of John Blyth, a Chicago police officer. A jury in the criminal court returned a verdict of guilty and fixed his punishment at death. Post-trial motions were overruled and sentence was imposed in accordance with the verdict. Defendant prosecutes this writ of error contending that the evidence does not establish his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt; that defendant was deprived of a fair and impartial trial by prejudicial and inflammatory argument of the State’s…