Legal Opinion

People v. Clark

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided May 10, 1965No. Gen. 49,661PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ME. PEESIDING JUSTICE BUEMAN

delivered the opinion of the court.

Austin Clark was convicted in a bench trial of burglary and was sentenced to imprisonment in the Illinois State Penitentiary for a term of three to five years. The defendant appealed directly to the Supreme Court but that court transferred the case here. The grounds on which the defendant seeks to reverse his conviction are (1) that the indictment was fatally defective because it does not contain the address of the burglarized premises and (2) that he was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

We cannot agree with the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. The PEOPLE v. PolkIllinois Supreme Court · 1960
  2. The People v. MalinIllinois Supreme Court · 1939
  3. The PEOPLE v. BeeftinkIllinois Supreme Court · 1961
  4. People v. KingAppellate Court of Illinois · 1964
  5. The PEOPLE v. LewisIllinois Supreme Court · 1964

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. People v. RothermelIllinois Supreme Court · 1982
  2. People v. MorrisAppellate Court of Illinois · 1972
  3. People v. ZeravichAppellate Court of Illinois · 1965

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