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D was convicted in an Illinois state court of criminal contempt and sentenced to imprisonment for 24 months for willfully petitioning to admit to probate a will falsely prepared and executed after the death of the putative testator. D made a timely demand for jury trial which was refused. The Illinois Supreme Court affirmed. The Supreme Court granted certiorari.

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