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PEOPLE v. McCOY

No. 47718.

63 Ill.2d 40 (1976)

344 N.E.2d 436

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. LARRY McCOY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 18, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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 Laurence J. Bolon, Assistant State's Attorney, and John J. Verscaj (law student), of counsel), for the People.

James R. Streicker, Deputy Defender, Office of State Appellate Defender, of Chicago (Lynn Sara Frackman, Assistant Defender, of counsel), for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

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

We granted the People leave to appeal from a judgment of the appellate court (29 Ill.App.3d 601) holding that robbery is not a "crime of violence" under the Dangerous Drug Abuse Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 91 1/2, par. 120.1 et seq.).

On December 17, 1970, the defendant, Larry...

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