Legal Opinion

The People v. Johnson

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided January 23, 1946No. 29093. Judgment affirmedPublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stone

Plaintiff in error was convicted, in the municipal court of Chicago on two charges of contributing to the delinquency of a child. The cases were consolidated in the Appellate Court. The sole question presented is the sufficiency of the information to state a crime. Only the common-law record is before us. The Appellate Court affirmed the judgment- of the municipal court.

The question raised here concerns the sufficiency of the information, which in each cáse charged, in the language of the statute, that plaintiff in error on November i,t 1944, at the city of Chicago, did unlawfully, knowingly…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Block v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1909
  2. The People v. RogersIllinois Supreme Court · 1926
  3. The People v. ChiafreddoIllinois Supreme Court · 1942
  4. People v. ScatturaIllinois Supreme Court · 1909
  5. The People v. JensenIllinois Supreme Court · 1945

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. State v. PrejeanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1950
  2. People v. LewisAppellate Court of Illinois · 1986
  3. The PEOPLE v. MeaderdsIllinois Supreme Court · 1961
  4. People v. CrossonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1961
  5. The People v. FryIllinois Supreme Court · 1949

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