PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

No. 75-9.

36 Ill. App.3d 122 (1976)

343 N.E.2d 177

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CLINTON EARL JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed February 27, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen P. Hurley and Daniel M. Kirwan, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Mt. Vernon, and Leslie Miller, Law Student, for appellant.

Robert H. Rice, State's Attorney, of Belleville (Bruce D. Irish and Rolf F. Ehrmann, both of Illinois State's Attorneys Association, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE JONES delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was charged by indictment with the offense of armed robbery. In a jury trial he was found guilty and sentenced to 6-18 years in the penitentiary, from which judgment he appeals.

The armed robbery for which defendant was sentenced occurred in The Place, a bar in East St. Louis. There were two eyewitnesses, Irene Merritts...

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