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PEOPLE v. YARBROUGH

Gen. No. 51,425.

97 Ill. App.2d 457 (1968)

240 N.E.2d 200

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leroy Yarbrough, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

June 24, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender of Cook County, of Chicago (George L. Lincoln 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 Theodore A. Shapero, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE MURPHY delivered the opinion of the court.

In a bench trial, defendant was found guilty of the offense of armed robbery and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 3 to 8 years. On appeal defendant contends that (1) he was denied effective assistance of counsel, and (2) he was denied a hearing on the voluntariness of a confession.

Defendant's trial was on March 28, 1966. Almando Zizzo testified...

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