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PEOPLE v. HARTER

No. 71-161.

4 Ill. App.3d 772 (1972)

282 N.E.2d 10

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ELTON VERNER HARTER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Rehearing denied May 18, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Ruebner, of Defender Project, of Elgin, (Kenneth L. Gillis, of counsel,) for appellant.

Philip G. Reinhard, State's Attorney, of Rockford, for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SEIDENFELD delivered the opinion of the court:

Elton Verner Harter was charged with delivering a forged check in the amount of $30 with intent to defraud (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 17-3.) He was convicted after a jury trial and thereafter sentenced to 3-10 years in the penitentiary.

For reversal, defendant urges that the incompetence of appointed counsel, particularly in the failure to move to suppress...

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