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· 5/15/1881

Presser v. People

Citations

  • 98 Ill. 406

Syllabus

<p>Practice in the Supreme Court—-failure to file briefs in proper lime. In criminal oases, the Supreme Court will not affirm the judgment of the court below merely because the plaintiff in error may have failed to file his briefs within the time prescribed by the rule on that subject.</p>

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  • “The discussion of the ‘due process of law* provision of the federal Constitution is applicable to [Article 1, Section 12] of the state Constitution.”

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Judges: Scott

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