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THE PEOPLE v. CHARLESTON

No. 42723.

47 Ill.2d 19 (1970)

264 N.E.2d 199

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. WILLIE CHARLESTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 17, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GERALD W. GETTY, Public Defender, of Chicago, (NUNZIO TISCI and JAMES J. DOHERTY, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel) for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and EDWARD V. HANRAHAN, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (JOEL M. FLAUM, Assistant Attorney General, and ELMER C. KISSANE and JAMES S. VELDMAN, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgments reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Willie Charleston, was tried before a judge of the circuit court of Cook County upon an indictment which charged him, in separate counts, with armed robbery and attempted rape. He was found guilty "as charged in the indictment" and sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than two nor more than ten years. The appellate court affirmed, but modified the judgment to...

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