PEOPLE v. WARD

No. 77-1762.

73 Ill. App.3d 1001 (1979)

392 N.E.2d 619

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NATHANIEL WARD, JR., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed June 29, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (Zaven Peter Tokatlian and Frances Sowa, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant Nathaniel Ward, Jr.

Ralph Ruebner and Andrew Berman, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant Roy Curry.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Lee T. Hettinger, Mary Ellen Dienes, and Alan David Lyons, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE MEJDA delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants were each charged by indictment with four counts of armed robbery. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 38, par. 18-2.) Following a bench trial, defendants were found guilty on all counts and each sentenced to a term of 5 to 15 years.

Defendants raise two issues on appeal: (1) whether probable cause existed for their warrantless arrests; and (2) whether they were proved guilty...

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