PEOPLE v. LOCKETT

No. 56809.

6 Ill. App.3d 867 (1972)

286 N.E.2d 809

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HERMAN RAY LOCKETT, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District.

July 25, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender, of Chicago, (Harold A. Cowen, Ronald P. Katz, 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 and James Truschke, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHWARTZ delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant was indicted for murder, armed robbery and attempted robbery. He was tried by a jury, found guilty of murder and armed robbery, and sentenced by the court to serve a term of not less than 60 nor more than 100 years in the State penitentiary. On appeal he contends (1) the prosecutor's closing argument to the jury deprived him of his constitutional right to due process...

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