PEOPLE v. AKINS

Gen. No. 51,798.

98 Ill. App.2d 281 (1968)

240 N.E.2d 237

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eugene Akins, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Fourth Division.

July 17, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald 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, Daniel W. Weil, and James Haddad, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE DRUCKER delivered the opinion of the court.

On July 27, 1966, defendant was convicted of the crime of armed robbery after a jury trial and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than ten nor more than twenty years. On appeal he contends (1) that evidence of other criminal activity should not have been admitted and (2) that the closing argument of the prosecution was prejudicial.

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