PEOPLE v. BELL

Gen. No. 51,329.

84 Ill. App.2d 48 (1967)

228 N.E.2d 574

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Walter Bell, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Third Division.

May 18, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin Friedman, of Chicago, for appellant.

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


MR. JUSTICE DEMPSEY delivered the opinion of the court.

A jury found the defendant John Bell guilty of armed robbery and he was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of ten to twenty years. He was tried with a codefendant, James Brinkley, who was also found guilty and similarly sentenced. Bell alone prosecutes this appeal. He contends that prejudicial error was committed during his trial.

The defendants were accused of robbing Benjamin Biegel, the owner...

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