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PEOPLE v. HORTON

Gen. No. 51,934.

117 Ill. App.2d 465 (1969)

254 N.E.2d 666

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William J. Horton, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Third Division.

December 11, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender of Cook County, of Chicago (Professor James R. Thompson, Northwestern University School of Law, Theodore A. Gottfried, and James J. Doherty, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

Edward V. Hanrahan, State's Attorney of Cook County, of Chicago (Elmer C. Kissane, Assistant State's Attorney, and Francis X. Riley, Special Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for appellee.

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

After a trial without a jury, the defendant, William Horton, was found guilty of theft and was sentenced to two to three years in the penitentiary. His contention on appeal is that he was denied effective assistance of counsel at his trial.

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