Legal Opinion
People v. Wilson
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided March 18, 1948No. 30257. Judgment affirmedPublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Murphy
On June 16, 1943, plaintiff in error pleaded guilty in the circuit court of Madison County to an indictment charging grand larceny. He was sentenced to the penitentiary for the statutory indeterminate term for such offense of one to ten years. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1947, chap. 38, par. 387.) He has sued a writ of error out of this court to have the record of his conviction reviewed. The record presented is limited to the placita, indictment, order fixing bail, recital of facts showing arraignment, and the judgment. The grounds urged for reversal are, that (1) in a criminal prosecution the court…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Palko v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Betts v. BradySupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Adamson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Young v. RagenSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- The PEOPLE v. CoxIllinois Supreme Court · 1957
- People v. HardenAppellate Court of Illinois · 1966
- Loftus v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Freeman v. TinsleySupreme Court of Colorado · 1957
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