PEOPLE v. SANDERS

No. 44652.

56 Ill.2d 241 (1974)

306 N.E.2d 865

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. ALLEN SANDERS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 23, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chester A. Lizak and Warren Swanson, 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, Kenneth L. Gillis and Thomas A. Mauet, Assistant State's Attorneys, and John B. Adams (Graduate Law Student), of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Allen Sanders, was indicted with Ralph Bellamy for the murder and armed robbery of Chicago police officer Joseph Ferguson and the attempted murder and armed robbery of Ferguson's partner, Daniel Cambric. Defendant's motion for severance was allowed, and on December 4, 1970, a jury in the circuit court of Cook County found defendant guilty of all charges. He was...

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