PEOPLE v. DIXON

Gen. No. 50,586.

75 Ill. App.2d 77 (1966)

221 N.E.2d 35

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles Dixon, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

September 19, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender of Cook County, of Chicago (James J. Doherty and Frederick F. Cohn, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

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


MR. JUSTICE BURMAN delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant was convicted by a jury of the charge of armed robbery, and sentenced to a term in the penitentiary of not less than five nor more than ten years. On appeal, he contends that he was deprived of a fair trial because the trial judge permitted the jury to take the defendant's written and signed statement to the jury room with them when they retired to consider their verdict.

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