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THE PEOPLE v. TURNER

No. 37545.

29 Ill.2d 379 (1963)

194 N.E.2d 349

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

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 26, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JACK B. SCHMETTERER, 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 ELMER C. KISSANE and MATTHEW J. MORAN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Writ of error denied; judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Joseph Turner, was tried by the court without a jury in the criminal court of Cook County and found guilty of the crime of robbery for which he was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than 4 years nor more than 8 years. He subsequently filed a petition under the Post-Conviction Hearing Act which was denied on the State's motion without...

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