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The People v. Doody

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided February 18, 1931No. 20033. Reversed and remandedPublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. ChiEE Justice Dunn

delivered the opinion of the court:

William Doody was convicted in the criminal court of Cook county of the murder of Charles Levy and sentenced to death. He has sued out a writ of error.

About 7:3o o’clock in the evening of Saturday, May 25, 1929, James Mikes, a captain of police of the city of Berwyn, called for Charles Levy, who was chief of police, at his home and they made a tour around the city in a Cadillac car, accompanied by sergeants Robert Soldat and Thomas Bartanuk, policemen, and Earl Rathburn, brother-in-law of Levy. ' About 8 :oo o’clock the desk sergeant at…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Moore v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  2. Farris v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
  3. North v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
  4. The People v. DurkinIllinois Supreme Court · 1928
  5. Kindred v. StittIllinois Supreme Court · 1869

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. People v. MitchellIllinois Supreme Court · 1992
  2. People v. WilsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1987
  3. The People v. KalpakIllinois Supreme Court · 1957
  4. Suhay v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1938
  5. People v. SmithIllinois Supreme Court · 1952

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