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THE PEOPLE v. SANDERS

No. 40911.

40 Ill.2d 458 (1968)

240 N.E.2d 627

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. LUTHER SANDERS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 24, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

STANLEY A. BASS and MELVIN B. GOLDBERG, of Chicago, appointed by the court, for appellant.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN J. STAMOS, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, and ELMER C. KISSANE and JAMES R. TRUSCHKE, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Affirmed in part, and reversed in part and remanded.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE SOLFISBURG delivered the opinion of the court:

On April 19, 1967, the defendant, Luther Sanders, was sentenced to six months confinement at the Illinois State Prison Farm at Vandalia after having been found guilty of petty theft at a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County. On May 4, 1967, the defendant petitioned the circuit court for a transcript of the trial proceedings. The...

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