PEOPLE v. NELSON

Gen. Nos. 53,336, 53,412. (Consolidated.).

124 Ill. App.2d 280 (1970)

260 N.E.2d 251

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Nelson and Robert E. Jackson, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Fourth Division.

Rehearing denied July 1, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender of Cook County, of Chicago (Shelvin Singer 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 and Richard E. Zulkey, Assistant State's Attorneys, and Robert Kelty, Special Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE LEIGHTON delivered the opinion of the court.

By a joint indictment, defendants were charged with burglary. A jury convicted them and the court sentenced each to serve five to fifteen years. In this appeal, defendants contend that (1) evidence in the record did not prove existence of the corporation named in the indictment as the owner of the burglarized premises; (2) defendants' constitutional rights were...

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