PEOPLE v. ROBERTSON

Gen. No. 10,761.

74 Ill. App.2d 360 (1966)

220 N.E.2d 5

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Henry Bradley Robertson, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

September 8, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell R. Goehl, Public Defender of Adams County, of Quincy, for appellant.

Donald G. Adams, State's Attorney of Adams County, of Quincy (Robert J. Bier, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), and William G. Clark, Attorney General, of Springfield (Fred G. Leach, of counsel), for appellee.


SMITH, J.

Defendant appeals from a judgment entered on the verdict sentencing him to 7-14 years in the penitentiary for robbery. His single contention in this court is that the court erred in denying a new trial where four jurors read an article in the evening newspaper containing some material which would have been inadmissible if offered as evidence. The jury stated on interrogation by the court that they had formed no opinion of guilt from anything contained in...

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