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THE PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. 34340.

12 Ill.2d 80 (1957)

145 N.E.2d 29

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. JAMES WILLIAMS, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 20, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GERALD W. GETTY, Public Defender, of Chicago, (JOHN M. FLAHERTY, and LARRY LAZAR, of counsel,) for plaintiff in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and BENJAMIN S. ADAMOWSKI, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, L. LOUIS KARTON, and JOHN T. GALLAGHER, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE BRISTOW delivered the opinion of the court:

By writ of error James Williams, aged 26, comes here from the criminal court of Cook County wherein on March 23, 1956, he was adjudged guilty of armed robbery by that court in a trial without a jury, and sentenced to serve a term of one to ten years in the Illinois penitentiary. His sole contention here is that the prosecution failed to establish his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt...

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