Legal Opinion

The People v. Guido

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 23, 1926No. 17319. Judgment affirmedPublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Dunn

James Robert Burks was murdered on Monday night, May 19, 1924, about midnight. On June 19 an indictment was returned in the criminal court of Cook county charging Nicholas Guido, Tony Demio and Margaret Marks with the crime. Mrs. Marks was not put on trial, but on September 29 the other two defendants were put on trial and on October 9 a verdict was returned finding them guilty and fixing their punishment at twenty-five years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. They were sentenced on the verdict and have sued out a writ of error to reverse the judgment.

Burks conducted a hotel or rooming house…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Spies v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
  2. Killian v. EbbinghausSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  3. The People v. FoxIllinois Supreme Court · 1925
  4. People v. AndersonIllinois Supreme Court · 1909
  5. The People v. CostelloIllinois Supreme Court · 1926

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. The People v. WilliamsIllinois Supreme Court · 1968
  2. People v. LettrichIllinois Supreme Court · 1952
  3. Commonwealth v. PolianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
  4. The People v. DiGerlandoIllinois Supreme Court · 1964
  5. The PEOPLE v. CiucciIllinois Supreme Court · 1956

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