THE PEOPLE v. CHINN

No. 33728.

8 Ill.2d 135 (1956)

133 N.E.2d 263

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. CHARLIE CHINN, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 22, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

CHARLIE CHINN, pro se.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and FRANK W. CURRAN, State's Attorney, of Kankakee, (FRED G. LEACH, and EDWIN A. STRUGALA, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE BRISTOW delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff in error, Charlie Chinn, appearing in his own behalf, prosecutes this writ of error for a review of the common-law record of his 1954 conviction of the crime of armed robbery.

The judgment entered herein which is challenged because the sentence is allegedly too uncertain and ambiguous reads as follows: "Defendant sentenced to the Illinois State Penitentiary for a term...

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