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PEOPLE v. NELSON

Gen. No. 10,868.

87 Ill. App.2d 159 (1967)

231 N.E.2d 115

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edward Nelson, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Rehearing denied December 4, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Waldo Ackerman, of Springfield, for appellant.

Raymond L. Terrell, State's Attorney of Sangamon County, of Springfield (Richard A. Hollis, First Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for appellee.

CRAVEN, P.J.

The defendant was tried by a jury for the offense of armed robbery. Upon a finding of guilty, he was sentenced for a term of not less than four nor more than ten years in the Illinois State Penitentiary. This appeal is to review the trial and the sentence.

It is here urged that the sentence is excessive, that error intervened in the trial of the case when the circuit court refused to discharge the...

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