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THE PEOPLE v. STREETER

No. 41713.

45 Ill.2d 10 (1970)

256 N.E.2d 830

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. GENE STREETER, a/k/a Edward Rucker, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 24, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

BARRY J. FREEMAN, of Chicago, appointed by the court, 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 ELMER C. KISSANE and PATRICK T. DRISCOLL, JR., Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE CREBS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant's post-conviction petition to review his 1946 conviction was dismissed on motion.

In 1954, defendant was convicted of robbery and his 1946 conviction was used to increase his penalty under the then existing Habitual Criminal Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1953, ch. 38, par. 602.) For this reason defendant contends that the statute of limitations should start to run in 1954, not...

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