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PEOPLE v. JENKINS

No. 53453.

131 Ill. App.2d 49 (1971)

268 N.E.2d 198

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. M.L. JENKINS, a/k/a FURMAN JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District.

February 5, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Edward V. Hanrahan, State's Attorney, (Robert A. Novelle, Paul P. Bievel, Jr., and John Michael Ryan, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DRUCKER delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was convicted, after a jury trial, of the crime of murder. Judgment was entered and he was sentenced to a term of one hundred to one hundred and fifty years. Defendant's sole contention on appeal is that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress a pre-trial statement obtained in violation of his constitutional rights.

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