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PEOPLE v. JORDAN

Gen. Nos. 51,117, 51,118.

87 Ill. App.2d 338 (1967)

231 N.E.2d 630

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John E. Jordan and Willie E. Bennett (Impleaded), Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

October 9, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender of Cook County, of Chicago (Shelvin Singer and James J. Doherty, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellants.

John J. Stamos, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago (Elmer C. Kissane and Oliver Ferguson, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE BURMAN delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendants, John E. Jordan, Willie E. Bennett and Theodore A. Saunders, were tried jointly on the charge of armed robbery. All three were found guilty after a jury trial. Saunders and Bennett each received sentences of one to three years and Jordan was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of twenty to thirty years; all three sentences to be served in the State Penitentiary. Bennett and Jordan appeal from the...

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