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People v. Kelly

Appellate Court of Illinois
Jan 14, 1942
313 Ill. App. 260 (Ill. App. Ct. 1942)

Opinion

Gen. No. 9,682. (Abstract of Decision.)

Opinion filed January 14, 1942 Rehearing denied February 27, 1942

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, § 374accomplice testimony subject to suspicion. In a case charging conspiracy to obstruct justice by corrupting a juror, an instruction which advised the jury that the testimony of an accomplice was liable to grave suspicion and that they should always act upon such testimony with great care and caution, and subject it to careful examination in the light of all the other evidence in the case, duly advised the jury as to the rule in such cases.

See Callaghan's Illinois Digest, same topic and section number.

Error to Circuit Court of Will county; Hon. FRANK B. LEONARD, presiding.

Judgment affirmed. Heard in this court at October term, 1941.

Harold Levy, for plaintiff in error;

Wm. Scott Stewart, of counsel;

James E. Burke, State's Attorney, for defendant in error.


"Not to be published in full." Opinion filed January 14, 1942; rehearing denied February 27, 1942;


Summaries of

People v. Kelly

Appellate Court of Illinois
Jan 14, 1942
313 Ill. App. 260 (Ill. App. Ct. 1942)
Case details for

People v. Kelly

Case Details

Full title:People of the State of Illinois, Defendant in Error, v. Dennis Kelly…

Court:Appellate Court of Illinois

Date published: Jan 14, 1942

Citations

313 Ill. App. 260 (Ill. App. Ct. 1942)
39 N.E.2d 719