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PEOPLE v. WATSON

No. 76-1565.

55 Ill. App.3d 564 (1977)

371 N.E.2d 113

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. VERNON WATSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Opinion filed December 13, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (James H. Reddy, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Patricia Bender and Larry L. Thompson, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE DOWNING delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant was convicted of robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 18-1) and sentenced to serve a term of four to 12 years in the penitentiary. This appeal presents the issue of whether reversible error occurred as the result of the prosecutor's reference, during his opening statement, to defendant's arrest on an unrelated armed robbery charge.

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