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PEOPLE v. HAWKINS

No. 59896.

23 Ill. App.3d 758 (1974)

320 N.E.2d 90

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DENNIS HAWKINS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

October 11, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Saul H. Brauner, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., and Jerome Charles Randolph, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel, and Susan Vitullo Walters, Senior Law Student), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE LORENZ delivered the opinion of the court:

After a bench trial defendant was found guilty of the armed robbery of Dorothy Mae Carter and was sentenced to a term of not less than 8 nor more than 16 years. On appeal his sole contention is that he was denied effective assistance of counsel.

On April 28, 1972, at approximately 8 P.M., complainant was robbed at gun point of her purse and radio by two men as she was walking...

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