THE PEOPLE v. KEES

No. 38479.

32 Ill.2d 299 (1965)

205 N.E.2d 729

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. LUCIOUS KEES, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 18, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JEROME T. BRENNAN, 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 GEORGE W. KENNEY, Assistant Attorneys General, and ELMER C. KISSANE and MATTHEW J. MORAN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DAILY delivered the opinion of the court:

After a bench trial in the criminal court of Cook County, the defendant, Lucious Kees, was found guilty of armed robbery and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of two to five years. By this writ of error, granted under Rule 65-1, he seeks reversal and remandment for a new trial on the ground that rulings of the trial court and the incompetency of his appointed counsel deprived him...

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