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THE PEOPLE v. COVINGTON

No. 42450.

47 Ill.2d 198 (1970)

265 N.E.2d 112

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. GUIOMAR COVINGTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed December 4, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

TYRONE C. FAHNER, of Chicago, (PAUL J. RICE and CHARLES O. FARRAR, of counsel,) for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and EDWARD V. HANRAHAN, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (JAMES B. ZAGEL, Assistant Attorney General, and ROBERT A. NOVELLE and ROBERT L. BEST, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel, for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

In a Cook County circuit court bench trial, defendant Guiomar Covington was found guilty of armed robbery and murder, and sentenced to the penitentiary for concurrent terms of 10 to 20 years, and 30 to 60 years, respectively. On this direct appeal (see our Rule 603, 43 Ill.2d R. 603) Covington claims that his rights under the fifth, sixth and fourteenth amendments to the Federal...

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