PEOPLE v. SANDERS

Gen. No. 69-5.

129 Ill. App.2d 444 (1970)

263 N.E.2d 615

People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Emmett Sanders, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Rehearing denied December 1, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Vieley, of Peoria, for appellant.

Robert S. Calkins, State's Attorney of Peoria County, of Peoria, for appellee.


RYAN, P.J.

In a trial by jury, the defendant was convicted of armed robbery and sentenced to eight to twenty years in the state penitentiary. He contends that he was not afforded a fair and impartial trial as guaranteed by the United States Constitution because his conviction rested solely on the testimony of an alleged accomplice who received lenient treatment and who was impeached; that the conviction cannot be sustained where the only support for it is the uncorroborated...

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