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PEOPLE v. POLK

No. 43583.

55 Ill.2d 327 (1973)

303 N.E.2d 137

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. FRANK POLK, JR., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 1, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JAMES J. DOHERTY, Public Defender, of Chicago (JAMES M. SAMMONS and VINCENT GAUGHAN, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and BERNARD CAREY, State's Attorney, of Chicago (JAMES B. ZAGEL, Assistant Attorney General and KENNETH L. GILLIS, ROGER HORWITZ, and DANIEL F. MURRAY (senior law student), Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE KLUCZYNSKI delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant, Frank Polk, Jr., was convicted of armed robbery and the unlawful use of a weapon. He appeals directly to this court from the armed-robbery conviction for which he was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 10 to 20 years. He now contends that he was denied a fair trial; that the trial court erred in denying...

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