ROMITI, Justice.
Defendant, John Sutton, was convicted of murder (Ill.Rev.Stat. 1971, ch. 38, par. 9-1), after a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, and was sentenced to a term of 14 years to 14 years and 1 day. The issues for review are, whether defendant was proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, whether he knowingly and intelligently waived a jury and whether he was prejudiced because of incompetency of counsel at trial.
We affirm.
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