PEOPLE v. CLAY

No. 44873.

55 Ill.2d 501 (1973)

304 N.E.2d 280

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. EDWARD CLAY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 20, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LEO E. HOLT, of Chicago, 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 and THOMAS A. MAUET, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgments affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, defendant, Edward Clay, was convicted of murder and three armed-robbery charges and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of from 40 to 60 years for each offense. Constitutional questions were raised, and the appeal was taken to this court pursuant to our Rule 603 then in effect...

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