PEOPLE v. RICE

Gen. No. 11,148.

122 Ill. App.2d 329 (1970)

258 N.E.2d 841

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Rice, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

May 18, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur M. Lerner, of Champaign, for appellant.

Lawrence E. Johnson, State's Attorney of Champaign County, of Urbana, for appellee.


SMITH, J.

The defendant appeals from a sentence of five to fourteen years in the penitentiary on a jury verdict finding him guilty of forgery. He assigns four grounds for reversal: (1) His motion for discharge should have been allowed because he was not given a speedy trial; (2) the court erred in allowing into evidence the contents of his wallet; (3) the court erred in allowing into evidence articles found in the...

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