The People v. Chrisoulas

Appellant (hereinafter referred to as defendant) was convicted of murder in the criminal court of Cook county and his punishment fixed at death. Judgment was entered and sentence passed by that court on July 22, 1936. A writ of error for review of this judgment was thereafter denied by this court. A petition was filed in the superior court of Cook county on October 21, 1936, alleging that the defendant had become insane since the entry of judgment, and that' court, pursuant to the prayer of the petition, stayed the execution for the purpose of granting a trial on that issue. The State’s…