Legal Opinion
People v. Pagan
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided May 22, 1972No. 43409PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Underwood
In a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, the defendant, Hector Pagan, was found guilty of the murder of Frank Cmiel and sentenced to a term of 25 to 40 years in the penitentiary. He appeals from that conviction alleging various errors.
On Saturday, February 15, 1969, at about 4:00 P.M., the decedent, Frank Cmiel, and five other young persons were walking along a street in Chicago when a black Cadillac containing about six people pulled up. All four doors flew open, and one of the occupants jumped out with a gun in his hand. Someone said: “We’ll get you ‘Fish’ ’’ — “Fish” being the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Gilbert v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Coleman v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by44 opinions
- People v. BerlandIllinois Supreme Court · 1979
- People v. ClayIllinois Supreme Court · 1973
- People v. YarbroughIllinois Supreme Court · 1977
- People v. BoyceAppellate Court of Illinois · 1977
- People v. TherriaultAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976
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