Legal Opinion
People v. Jones
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided November 3, 1975No. 60256PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Egan
The petitioner, Charles Jones, was found guilty of the murder of George Johnson after a bench trial and sentenced to a temí of 20 to 40 years. The judgment was affirmed on direct appeal. (People v. Jones, 121 Ill.App.2d 268, 257 N.E.2d 514.) His post-conviction petition was dismissed without an evidentiary hearing. The sole issue in the appeal of that dismissal is whether he was denied due process by the failure of the State to apprise him of the grand jury testimony of a witness who was not called to testify at the trial.
At the outset, we must reject the State’s assertion that the argument…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Moore v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- The People v. AughinbaughIllinois Supreme Court · 1967
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Tyrone Perry v. J.W. Fairman and Tyrone Fahner, Carl D. Adams v. J.W. Fairman and Tyrone FahnerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- People v. JonesIllinois Supreme Court · 1977
- People v. PlacekAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976
- People v. MaysAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976
- People v. JohnsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976
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