PEOPLE v. CARTER

No. 78-184.

73 Ill. App.3d 406 (1979)

392 N.E.2d 188

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ODIS CARTER et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Opinion filed June 20, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Ruebner and Alan D. Goldberg, both of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellants.

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Lee T. Hettinger and Rimas F. Cernius, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

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

Defendants Odis Carter and his friend Roy L. Carter appeal their convictions at a joint jury trial of armed robbery and burglary, and their sentences of 10 to 20 years.

The complaining witness, Robbie Taylor, testified that the crime was perpetrated by someone calling himself Lucky and by two other men. The main issue at trial was identity: the State asserted, and...

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