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PEOPLE v. VIRGIL

No. 76-845.

370 N.E.2d 74 (1977)

54 Ill. App.3d 682

12 Ill.Dec. 451

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Morris VIRGIL, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

November 10, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Geis, Deputy State Appellate Defender, Chicago (Andrew Berman, Asst. State Appellate Defender), for defendant-appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Atty. of Cook County, Chicago (Laurence J. Bolon, James S. Veldman and James A. Hullihan, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

MEJDA, Justice.

After a trial by jury, defendant, Morris Virgil (herein indicted and sometimes referred to as Virgil Morris), was found guilty of the offense of armed robbery (Ill.Rev. Stat.1973, ch. 38, par. 18-2) and was sentenced to a term of 4 to 12 years in the penitentiary. On appeal defendant contends that he was denied a fair trial in that the State improperly introduced evidence implicating him in other crimes, and that he was denied effective assistance...

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