Legal Opinion

The PEOPLE v. Dale

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided September 29, 1960No. 35303PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Klingbiel

Anthony Dale was convicted of robbery and was sentenced by the criminal court of Cook County to the penitentiary for a term of not less than five nor more than eight years. Defendant prosecutes this writ of error for a review of the proceedings.

A principal assignment of error is that the defendant’s confession was erroneously admitted in evidence at the trial because there was evidence that the confession had been coerced from him and the People failed to produce and question all persons connected with the taking of the confession. This court on numerous occasions has held that where there is…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. People v. RogersIllinois Supreme Court · 1922
  2. The PEOPLE v. JenningsIllinois Supreme Court · 1957
  3. The PEOPLE v. WagonerIllinois Supreme Court · 1956
  4. The PEOPLE v. SammonsIllinois Supreme Court · 1959

3Cited by26 opinions

  1. People v. ArmstrongIllinois Supreme Court · 1972
  2. The PEOPLE v. SimsIllinois Supreme Court · 1961
  3. The PEOPLE v. HarperIllinois Supreme Court · 1967
  4. The PEOPLE v. StraderIllinois Supreme Court · 1961
  5. The PEOPLE v. WilliamsIllinois Supreme Court · 1962

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