PEOPLE v. TOWNSEND

Gen. No. 67-91.

111 Ill. App.2d 316 (1969)

250 N.E.2d 169

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, Jonathan Townsend, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

July 24, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph T. Stenger, Bock & Stenger, of Belleville (Ralph T. Stenger, of counsel), for appellant.

Robert H. Rice, State's Attorney of St. Clair County, of Belleville, and William B. Starnes, Assistant State's Attorney, for appellee.


MORAN, J.

Defendant, Jonathan Townsend, appeals from a conviction for the crime of armed robbery, contending that the trial court committed reversible error in the admission of certain evidence.

On March 1, 1967, at about 8:15 a.m., a liquor store, known as Bob's Liquor Store, was held up in East St. Louis, Illinois, by two men who were armed with guns. The only other person in the store at the time was an employee by the name of Bobby Wilson.

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