THE PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

No. 42007.

45 Ill.2d 38 (1970)

257 N.E.2d 3

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. RICHARD A. JOHNSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 24, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GERALD W. GETTY, Public Defender, and BLOCK, ERDOS & LUPEL, both of Chicago, (GEORGE L. LINCOLN, JAMES J. DOHERTY, WARREN LUPEL, and JOEL J. KRUGER, of counsel,) 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 ARTHUR BELKIND, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE CREBS delivered the opinion of the court:

Richard A. Johnson was tried in the circuit court of Cook County and found guilty in a jury trial of the crime of armed robbery and sentenced to the penitentiary for a period of three to eight years. He has appealed directly to this court, alleging, among other things, that he was denied his constitutional rights to a speedy trial, to due process and the effective assistance of counsel...

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