PEOPLE v. POWELL

No. 72-328.

27 Ill. App.3d 662 (1975)

327 N.E.2d 111

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ODELL POWELL, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

April 16, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen P. Hurley and Thomas F. Sullivan, Jr., both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mount Vernon, and Marilyn Kueper, Law Student, for appellant.

Howard Hood, State's Attorney, of Murphysboro, and William B. Ballard, Jr., of State's Attorneys Task Force, of Cairo, for the People.


Judgment affirmed and cause remanded.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE JONES delivered the opinion of the court:

After a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Jackson County the defendant was convicted of the offense of armed robbery and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 8 nor more than 15 years. This appeal followed.

The defendant's initial contention on appeal is that the court erred in refusing to admit into evidence a statement allegedly signed...

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