PEOPLE v. ROBERTSON

No. 80-1054.

92 Ill. App.3d 806 (1981)

416 N.E.2d 323

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ALONZO ROBERTSON et al., Defendants-Appellants.

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

Opinion filed January 21, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Doherty, Public Defender, of Chicago (John Lanahan, Assistant Public Defender, of counsel), for appellants.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Marcia B. Orr, Joan S. Cherry, and Gordon A. Greenberg, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE McNAMARA delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants, Alonzo Robertson and Ronald Smith, were charged with robbery. A jury found them both guilty of that charge. The court sentenced Robertson to a term of three years while Smith was granted probation. On appeal defendants contend that they were denied a fair trial because certain comments of the judge coerced the jury into...

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