PEOPLE v. PURNELL

Gen. No. 51,790.

105 Ill. App.2d 419 (1969)

245 N.E.2d 635

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William A. Purnell, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Third Division.

February 6, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender of Cook County, of Chicago (Marshall J. Hartman 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 James R. Truschke, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.


MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Criminal Division, finding the defendant, William A. Purnell, guilty of the crime of robbery. The case was tried before the court without a jury, and the defendant was sentenced to a term of two to four years in the Illinois Penitentiary.

The defendant contends: 1) that the trial court erred in excluding certain evidence...

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