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PEOPLE v. COLONE

No. 77-962.

56 Ill. App.3d 1018 (1978)

372 N.E.2d 871

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MARTY COLONE, Defendant-Appellant.

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

Rehearing denied February 8, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Ruebner and Kenneth L. Jones, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Lee T. Hettinger, Joan S. Cherry, and Suzanne Philbrick, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed as modified.

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

After trial by jury, Marty Colone (defendant) was found guilty of armed robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 18-2), and sentenced to 8 to 20 years. He appeals, raising the defense of compulsion and charging his sentence to be excessive.

The State's evidence shows that on the morning of December 2, 1973, the complaining witness and her granddaughter...

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