PEOPLE v. BROWN

No. 71-17.

9 Ill. App.3d 730 (1973)

293 N.E.2d 1

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. OMER PRESTON BROWN, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

February 13, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Ruebner, of Defender Project, of Elgin, for appellant.

Philip G. Reinhard, State's Attorney, of Rockford, (James W. Jerz, of counsel,) for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE ABRAHAMSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial defendant was found not guilty of murder, but guilty of involuntary manslaughter, of Edgar Beach and was sentenced to a term of three to ten years in the penitentiary. He appeals charging (1) failure of his appointed counsel to move to suppress evidence amounted to incompetence of counsel, which deprived him of a fair trial, (2) defendant's guilt of involuntary...

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