PEOPLE v. WRIGHT

Gen. No. 50,161.

65 Ill. App.2d 23 (1965)

212 N.E.2d 126

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Theodore Wright, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

November 15, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Maddux, of Chicago, for appellant.

Daniel P. Ward, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago (Elmer C. Kissane and James Sammons, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE KLUCZYNSKI delivered the opinion of the court.

Defendant, Theodore Wright, appeals from a conviction by jury for the crime of robbery. He seeks reversal contending the court erred in admitting hearsay and prejudicial testimony; denying him a continuance; unduly restricting cross-examination, and allowing the prosecution to make inflammatory and prejudicial argument to the jury.

A prior trial resulted...

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