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PEOPLE v. FIELDS

No. 46109.

59 Ill.2d 516 (1974)

322 N.E.2d 33

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. KENNETH FIELDS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Modified on denial of rehearing January 30, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Robert H. Rice, State's Attorney, of Belleville (James B. Zagel and John F. Podliska, Assistant Attorneys General, both of Chicago, and Clyde Kuehn, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for the People.

Paul Bradley, First Deputy Defender, Office of State Appellate Defender, of Chicago, and Howard B. Augustus, Assistant Appellate Defender, for appellee.

Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Kenneth Fields, was convicted of armed robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 38, par. 18-2) in the circuit court of St. Clair County and was sentenced to serve not less than 15 nor more than 20 years in the penitentiary. The appellate court, with one judge dissenting, reversed his conviction (12 Ill.App.3d 608

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