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PEOPLE v. PATTON

No. 51010.

76 Ill.2d 45 (1979)

389 N.E.2d 1174

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. RAY PATTON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 18, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Michael M. Mihm, State's Attorney, of Peoria (Donald B. Mackay, Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., and Sandra L. Devine, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and James E. Hinterlong and John X. Breslin, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Ottawa, of counsel), for the People.

Robert Agostenelli and Frank W. Ralph, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, of Ottawa, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

Verdicts of guilty were returned against defendant, Ray Patton, on both counts of an indictment charging robbery (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 18-1) and theft from the person (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 38, par. 16-1) arising out of a single incident of "purse snatching." The trial court did not enter judgment on the theft verdict, but entered judgment on the verdict of robbery and...

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