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THE PEOPLE v. PITTMAN

No. 36999.

28 Ill.2d 100 (1963)

190 N.E.2d 802

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. ROBERT M. PITTMAN et al., Plaintiffs in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 27, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WAYNE D. JOHNSON, of Chicago, 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 EDWARD J. HLADIS and JAMES R. THOMPSON, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgments affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

Robert Pittman and Willmore Knight were tried for the crime of armed robbery in the criminal court of Cook County. A jury found them guilty and the court sentenced Pittman to the penitentiary for a term of 10 to 35 years and Knight for a term of 10 to 30 years. A writ of error has been issued to review the convictions.

About 3:50 in the morning of January 29, 1951, Eldridge Robertson...

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