Legal Opinion

The People v. Christocakos

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided October 22, 1934No. 22577. Reversed and remandedPublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice DeYoung

Walter Engel, Alex Kuzna and Charles Christocakos were indicted in the criminal court of Cook county for robbery. They waived a trial by jury, the court found them guilty and sentenced them to the penitentiary. Christocakos prosecutes this writ of error.

On November 27, 1933, about 10:30 P. M., George Grieshaber was driving an automobile west on Washington boulevard in the city of Chicago. At Damen avenue, while stopping in obedience to a traffic signal, he discovered a person at the bumper of his car. He was about to alight when another person appeared at the door, pressed a blunt instrument…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. The People v. FioritaIllinois Supreme Court · 1930
  2. Keller v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
  3. People v. RischoIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
  4. The People v. GroveIllinois Supreme Court · 1934

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. The People v. DougardIllinois Supreme Court · 1959
  2. People v. HobbsIllinois Supreme Court · 1948
  3. The People v. BotulinskiIllinois Supreme Court · 1943
  4. The People v. CregoIllinois Supreme Court · 1946
  5. The People v. RichardsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1961

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