PEOPLE v. LAURENSON

No. 53283.

131 Ill. App.2d 2 (1971)

268 N.E.2d 183

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. KENNETH C. LAURENSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District.

Rehearing denied February 24, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender, of Chicago, (Shelvin Singer and James J. Doherty, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel,) for appellant.

Edward V. Hanrahan, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (Robert A. Novelle and Matthew P. Walsh, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE DIERINGER delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Kenneth Laurenson, was convicted of armed robbery after a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County and sentenced to the Illinois State Penitentiary for not less than three nor more than ten years. He was one of three men indicted for armed robbery but was tried separately.

Defendant contends on this appeal that the identification procedures employed by...

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