THE PEOPLE v. BRINKLEY

No. 38389.

33 Ill.2d 403 (1965)

211 N.E.2d 730

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. JAMES TEDFORD BRINKLEY, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 19, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

THEODORE G. KOERNER III, of Park Ridge, 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 WILLIAM A. BOMP, Assistant Attorneys General, and ELMER C. KISSANE and MATTHEW J. MORAN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SOLFISBURG delivered the opinion of the court:

James T. Brinkley and John Bell were jointly tried by a jury in the criminal court of Cook County and found guilty of having committed an armed robbery at a tailor shop operated by Benjamin Biegel in the city of Chicago. Brinkley, to whom we shall refer as defendant, seeks review contending: (1) that he was not proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; (2) that the trial court erred...

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