THE PEOPLE v. NIMMER

No. 36390.

25 Ill.2d 319 (1962)

185 N.E.2d 249

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. JOSEPH NIMMER, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 28, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

RUSSELL G. MILLER, 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 and E. MICHAEL O'BRIEN, Assistant Attorneys General, and JOHN T. GALLAGHER and M. ROBERT OSTROW, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Joseph Nimmer, was found guilty of robbery after a bench trial in the criminal court of Cook County and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of three to eight years. He prosecutes this writ of error contending that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, and that reversible error was committed when the trial...

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