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· 12/1/1960

The PEOPLE v. Oden

Citations

  • 170 N.E.2d 582
  • 20 Ill. 2d 470
  • 1960 Ill. LEXIS 445

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating that “it is the rule that the State’s attorney in his official capacity is the representative of all the people, including the defendant, and it is as much his duty to safeguard the constitutional rights of the defendants as those of any other citizen”
  • “An assistant State’s Attorney, it must be remembered, ‘is the representative of all the people, including the defendant, and it is as much his duty to safeguard the constitutional rights of the defendant as those of any other citizen’ ”

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Judges: Klingbiel

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