PEOPLE v. SIMS

No. 13561.

43 Ill. App.3d 910 (1976)

357 N.E.2d 808

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LAUNZY ZEA SIMS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Rehearing denied December 28, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Wilson and Richard E. Cunningham, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Springfield, for appellant.

Paul R. Welch, State's Attorney, of Bloomington (G. Michael Prall and James R. Sanders, both of Illinois State's Attorneys Association, of counsel), for the People.


Affirmed in part, and reversed in part and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE GREEN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Launzy Zea Sims was convicted by a jury in the circuit court of McLean County for the offense of armed robbery and sentenced to 10 to 30 years' imprisonment to run consecutively to a 10-year term of imprisonment which he was serving in the Federal penitentiary for an offense described in the report of presentence investigation as "unarmed bank...

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