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THE PEOPLE v. BATES

No. 35058.

16 Ill.2d 290 (1959)

157 N.E.2d 68

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

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 20, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LAWRENCE E. SMITH, JR., and MOORE, MING & LEIGHTON, both of Chicago, (GEORGE N. LEIGHTON, of counsel,) for plaintiff in error.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and BENJAMIN S. ADAMOWSKI, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, WILLIAM H. SOUTH, FRANCIS X. RILEY, and EDWIN A. STRUGALA, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

At a trial conducted without a jury in the criminal court of Cook County on December 10, 1957, the defendant, James Bates, was convicted of stealing property having a value of some $1,450 from the person of one Amanda Anderson and was thereafter sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than one nor more than five years. Upon...

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