THE PEOPLE v. BERNATOWICZ

No. 38675.

35 Ill.2d 192 (1966)

220 N.E.2d 745

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. EDWARD BERNATOWICZ, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 23, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

STEPHEN L. SEFTENBERG, 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, Assistant Attorney General, and ELMER C. KISSANE and CARMEN SPERANZA, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgments and order affirmed.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

By consolidated writs of error, the defendant, Edward Bernatowicz, seeks review of two convictions for crimes of armed robbery, and of the dismissal of his petition for post-conviction relief in respect of such convictions. Constitutional questions give us jurisdiction.

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