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PEOPLE v. LEWIS

No. 46574.

60 Ill.2d 152 (1975)

330 N.E.2d 857

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. JAMES A. LEWIS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Modified on denial of rehearing March 24, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Ronald P. Alwin and Gail Moreland, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (James B. Zagel and Jayne A. Carr, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., and William J. Haddad, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

James W. Jerz, of Elgin, for Illinois State's Attorneys Association, amicus curiae, on petition for rehearing.

Stephen A. Schiller, of Chicago (John Beal, of counsel), for Chicago Crime Commission, amicus curiae, on petition for rehearing.

Judgment affirmed.

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

The defendant, James A. Lewis, was found guilty of armed robbery in a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County and sentenced to a term of 4 to 10 years in the penitentiary. The appellate court affirmed (People v. Lewis (1974), 17 Ill.App.3d 188), and we have allowed defendant...

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