People v. DeStefano

Defendant, Sam DeStefano, was tried by a jury in the circuit court of Cook County, and convicted of conspiring with others to cause perjury to be committed. He was fined $1,000 and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of three to five years. He has prosecuted a direct appeal to this court contending: (1) that the indictment failed to charge a crime; (2) that the evidence was insufficient to convict; (3) that improper argument occurred; (4) that the jury was improperly instructed; (5) that the trial court erred in denying defendant’s motion for a change of the place of trial; (6) that the…