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PEOPLE v. LYKINS

No. 51422.

77 Ill.2d 35 (1979)

394 N.E.2d 1182

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. ROBERT LYKINS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 19, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore A. Gottfried, State Appellate Defender, and Richard J. Wilson, Deputy Defender, of Springfield, for appellant.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield (Donald B. Mackay, Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., and Fred Montgomery, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Robert Lykins, was convicted of conspiracy, armed robbery and murder by a jury in Sangamon County. The judge imposed a sentence of 70 to 150 years. In the appellate court the State confessed error in the entry of the judgment on the conspiracy charge. Section 8-5 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 8...

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