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THE PEOPLE v. WATSON

No. 41112.

43 Ill.2d 108 (1969)

251 N.E.2d 188

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. LaROY WATSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 26, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

CARR, RAFFAELLE & COOK, of East St. Louis, (REX CARR, of counsel,) appointed by the court, for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and ROBERT H. RICE, State's Attorney, of Belleville, (FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorney General, and JOHN M. KARNS, JR., Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

On April 21, 1966, an indictment which charged the defendant, LaRoy Watson, with armed robbery, was returned in the circuit court of St. Clair County. An assistant public defender was appointed to represent him, and he entered a plea of not guilty. The case came on for trial on May 26, 1966, and after 8 jurors had been accepted, the defendant withdrew his plea of not guilty, and...

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