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THE PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

No. 39711.

36 Ill.2d 505 (1967)

224 N.E.2d 225

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. JIMMY WILLIAMS, alias Kid Rivera, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 27, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GETER & GETER, of Chicago, (HOWARD D. GETER, SR. and HOWARD D. GETER, JR., of counsel,) for appellant.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and DANIEL P. WARD, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, and ELMER C. KISSANE and MATTHEW J. MORAN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Modified and affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant Jimmy Williams, alias Kid Rivera, was convicted in a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County on two counts of gambling. He was sentenced to six months in the county jail and fined $1,000 on each count, the jail sentences to run concurrently and the fines to be cumulative. Defendant appeals directly to this court alleging, among other things, a violation of his...

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