PEOPLE v. JENKINS

No. 56814.

10 Ill. App.3d 588 (1973)

295 N.E.2d 123

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. EZELL O. JENKINS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (Second Division).

February 27, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald W. Getty, Public Defender, of Chicago, (Michael Henshaw, Shelvin Singer, 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 Robert Best, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE LEIGHTON delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was charged with armed robbery, convicted by a jury and sentenced to serve 10 to 20 years. He appealed directly to the Supreme Court. Claiming that a substantial constitutional question was involved, defendant presented two issues.1 (1) Whether he was deprived of the right to call his wife as a witness in his defense. (2) Whether the trial court...

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