PEOPLE v. MARTIN

Gen. Nos. 51,690, 51,693.

95 Ill. App.2d 457 (1968)

238 N.E.2d 205

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Cecil Martin and Lawrence Williams, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Third Division.

May 16, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender of Cook County, of Chicago (Norman W. Fishman, Frederick F. Cohn, 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 Richard A. Rinella, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE SULLIVAN delivered the opinion of the court.

Defendants appeal from convictions of robbery. They were tried at a bench trial along with Donald Lee. Martin was sentenced to a term of three to ten years in the penitentiary and Williams was sentenced to one to two years in the penitentiary.

The issue on appeal is whether the identification of Martin and Williams by the complaining witness was sufficient to support a finding of guilty beyond a reasonable...

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