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PEOPLE v. SKELTON

No. 52972.

83 Ill.2d 58 (1980)

414 N.E.2d 455

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. RICKY SKELTON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed December 1, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyrone C. Fahner and William J. Scott, Attorneys General, of Springfield, and Charles R. Garnati, State's Attorney, of Marion (Melbourne A. Noel, Jr., Jack Donatelli and Donald B. Mackay, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, and Martin N. Ashley and Gaye Bergschneider, of the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of Mt. Vernon, of counsel), for the People.

Karen Mumoz, Deputy Defender, of the Office of State Appellate Defender, of Springfield, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Ricky Skelton, was found guilty of armed robbery following a jury trial in the circuit court of Williamson County and was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment. A divided appellate court reversed, and the cause was remanded to the circuit court with directions to enter a judgment of guilty of robbery and impose an appropriate sentence. (79 Ill.App.3d...

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