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PEOPLE v. BROWN

No. 53286.

131 Ill. App.2d 5 (1971)

268 N.E.2d 202

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JAMES BROWN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District.

Rehearing denied March 9, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender, of Chicago, (James Nettleton, 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 Martin Moltz, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE LORENZ delivered the opinion of the court:

In a jury trial defendant, James Brown, was convicted of armed robbery in violation of Section 18-2 of the Criminal Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1965, ch. 38, par. 18-2) and sentenced to a term of 20 to 25 years.

In a previous bench trial defendant was tried with two co-defendants, Roosevelt Willis and Willie Phillips, both of whom pleaded guilty. Roosevelt Willis was admitted to...

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