THE PEOPLE v. DAVIS

No. 38955.

35 Ill.2d 202 (1966)

220 N.E.2d 222

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Defendant in Error, v. ARTHUR LOGAN DAVIS, Plaintiff in Error.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 23, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOHN R. TRIPP, of Chicago, 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 STUART P. SHAPIRO, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment reversed.

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

The defendant, Arthur Logan Davis, was tried by jury in the criminal court of Cook County and convicted of the crime of armed robbery for which he was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than ten nor more than fifteen years. We issued a writ of error to review the judgment of conviction.

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