THE PEOPLE v. CODDINGTON

No. 37743.

31 Ill.2d 468 (1964)

202 N.E.2d 509

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

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 24, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ROGER S. BASKES, of Chicago, appointed by the court, for plaintiff in error.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, 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 RONALD BUTLER, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Joseph Coddington was convicted of armed robbery in the criminal court of Cook County on three separate indictments and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 10 to 20 years on each, such sentences to run concurrently. Writ of error was sued out in this court.

As error, defendant contends that the State failed to prove...

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