PEOPLE v. SMITH

No. 42745.

50 Ill.2d 229 (1972)

278 N.E.2d 73

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. ROBERT MELVIN SMITH, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 28, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ORWIN H. PUGH, Public Defender, of Murphysboro, for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and RICHARD E. RICHMAN, State's Attorney, of Murphysboro, (THOMAS J. IMMEL and FRED G. LEACH, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgments affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants, Robert Melvin Smith, a/k/a Edward Sarver, and Ralph Ray Sigman, a/k/a Ernest C. Bailey, were convicted by a jury in the circuit court of Jackson County of the offense of armed robbery and sentenced to not less than 25 nor more than 35 years in the penitentiary.

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