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PEOPLE v. PEGRAM

No. 64943.

124 Ill.2d 166 (1988)

529 N.E.2d 506

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. CLYDE CORNELL PEGRAM, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 22, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield, and Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Roma Jones Stewart and Shawn W. Denney, Solicitors General, Mark L. Rotert and Terence M. Madsen, Assistant Attorneys General, and Thomas V. Gainer, Jr., Steven J. Zick, Nancy A. Donahoe, Kenneth T. McCurry, and James E. Fitzgerald, Assistant State's Attorneys, all of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Steven Clark and Michael J. Pelletier, Deputy Defenders, and Patricia Unsinn, Assistant Defender, of the Office of the State Appellate Defender, all of Chicago, for appellee.

Affirmed.

JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Clyde Cornell Pegram, was convicted of armed robbery following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County and was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment. On appeal, the appellate court reversed the conviction and remanded for a new trial. The appellate court held that the defendant did not receive a fair trial because the jury was instructed neither on the defense of compulsion nor...

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