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PEOPLE v. WATSON

Gen. No. 51,131.

87 Ill. App.2d 453 (1967)

231 N.E.2d 695

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James A. Watson, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Third Division.

September 28, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerold W. Getty, Public Defender of Cook County, of Chicago (Norman W. Fishman and James J. Doherty, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

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

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a conviction of burglary. After a jury trial defendant was sentenced to a term of five to fifteen years in the penitentiary.

Defendant contends on appeal that he was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt; that the jury should not have been given an instruction on flight, and that defendant was denied a fair trial due to misconduct of the prosecutor and improper...

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