PEOPLE v. ADAMS

No. 62389.

45 Ill. App.3d 334 (1977)

359 N.E.2d 840

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AL ADAMS, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (1st Division).

Opinion filed January 17, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Dennis E. Urban and Donald S. Honchell, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Laurence J. Bolon, Eugene J. Rudnik, Jr., and Robert Handelsman, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE BUA delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant was convicted at a bench trial of armed robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 18-2.). On appeal he raises for the first time the contention that since the indictment speaks in terms of a taking of United States currency from the "person and presence" of the victim, while the evidence showed only such a taking from the "presence" of the victim, the conviction cannot stand...

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