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PEOPLE v. PIERCE

No. 43452.

53 Ill.2d 130 (1972)

290 N.E.2d 256

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. ROGER PIERCE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 30, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GERALD W. GETTY, Public Defender, of Chicago (JAMES N. GRAMENOS, Assistant Public Defender, 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 RICHARD PEZZOPANE, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Roger Pierce, was tried before a jury in the circuit court of Cook County and found guilty of the attempted robbery of Chicago taxi driver, James Dotson. Pierce was sentenced to a term of eight to ten years imprisonment in the Illinois State Penitentiary. This appeal is from that judgment.

Defendant urges that the trial court erred in not suppressing the complaining...

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