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THE PEOPLE v. MARTIN

No. 35941.

23 Ill.2d 24 (1961)

177 N.E.2d 117

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. MACON MARTIN, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 22, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GILBERT FELDMAN, of Chicago, appointed by the court, for plaintiff in error.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and DANIEL P. WARD, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, and JOHN T. GALLAGHER and LEO F. POCH, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

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

Macon Martin comes here on writ of error from the criminal court of Cook County when, on a bench trial, he was found guilty of robbery and armed robbery and given a sentence of 3 to 7 years in the Illinois penitentiary.

On this review defendant contends that there are many phases of the State's proof that are so unsatisfactory that they project a reasonable doubt of his...

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