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PEOPLE v. McNEAL

No. 44431.

52 Ill.2d 256 (1972)

287 N.E.2d 693

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. MELVIN McNEAL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 20, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GERALD W. GETTY, Public Defender, of Chicago (JUDITH C. SMITH and JAMES J. DOHERTY, Assistant Public Defenders, 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 ROBERT A. NOVELLE, JAMES R. TRUSCHKE and HENRY A. HAUSER, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

In a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant, Melvin McNeal, was found guilty of the offense of armed robbery and sentenced to a term of not less than 12 nor more than 25 years in the penitentiary.

The record shows that on February 10, 1970, the store of the Goodman Furniture Company was robbed. On April 2, 1970, defendant was arrested by Chicago police...

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