PEOPLE v. ELLIS

No. 42319.

53 Ill.2d 390 (1973)

292 N.E.2d 728

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. JOHN ELLIS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 26, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MITCHELL F. ASHER, of Chicago, 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 ELMER C. KISSANE and MARK T. ZUBOR, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE DAVIS delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, John Ellis, was convicted in the circuit court of Cook County of the crime of armed robbery, and was sentenced to a term of not less than 25 years nor more than life imprisonment in the Illinois State Penitentiary. He is now on parole.

He urges as grounds for reversal of his conviction that: the evidence, leading to his arrest, which was admitted at his trial, was...

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